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It was a air disaster 11 years ago.
Now, the audio of the last 12 minutes were released:
The audio
by Jian Shuo Wang on March 10, 2008 under News
OMG - so scary (and sad)... as a very frequent flyer, things like this make my skin crawl... :(
Posted by: AussiePB on March 11, 2008 3:37 AMCould someone give a rough translation of what was said? Thanks in advance!
Posted by: cw on March 11, 2008 12:18 PMYou can see the chinese text at that web site.
Otherwise, thank you for sharing.
Posted by: zou5020 on March 12, 2008 10:13 AMcw, I don't speak Mandarin either, but my wife and I went through this together--- The pilot apparently, screwed up his first approach in heavy rain, landed much too hard, which damaged the plane---interior fixtures, and seats---naturally I'm sure the passengers were going wild---- but the plane was still air worthy (an almost brand new 737) ---so then he realized he didn't have good orientation with the ground, and pulled up back into the socked in weather----it rattled him, and he blamed the controls, rather than his skills, and made another approach that failed. On his third, and final approach he crashed short of the runway, I believe... It was an example of arrogance and fear in the captain's seat----after the first event he should have diverted to an alternative airport that didn't have weather problems.. According to other articles, this pilot had over 12,000 hours, wihich should show significant skill and experience. Will never know what was in his mind, since all on the flight deck died, although some passengers survived.
Posted by: Kim Lathrop on March 12, 2008 11:45 AMIt was too hard to really recall what is going on. The final words of the captain was pretty scary.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang on March 13, 2008 12:20 AMWow, sad story, thank you Kim for the translation. We never know what will happen in the next minute. Maybe there is a God who has set our lives on the line.
Michael.
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