the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the sail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. the first officer makes several radio calls that says that we re in uncontrollable flight. we do not have control of the airplane. they re fighting literally for their lives. the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillations, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he s not having an effect. the pilots fight desperately for control of the airplane for 32 terrifying minutes. they manage to keep the plane aloft, but with no hydraulics, they can t control the plane s up and down or side to side movement. eyewitnesses on the ground later report that the plane was flying like a staggering drunk. as jal 123 enters a mountainous
the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we re in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they re fighting literally for their lives. the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do, as far as flight control inputs, he s not having an effect. the pilots fight desperately for control of the airplane for 32 terrifying minutes. they manage to keep the plane aloft, but with no hydraulics, they can t control the plane s up and down or side to side movement. eyewitnesses on the ground later report that the plane was flying like a, quote, staggering drunk.
have expanded to the breaking point and snapped. it s the aft pressure bulkhead, an umbrella-shaped structure toward the back of the plane. it s the device that keeps the pressure in the back part of the airplane contained properly. without that aft pressure bulkhead you can t pressurize the tube and you wouldn t be able to breathe at 35,000 feet without the use of pressurized supplemental oxygen. the back of the airplane is getting a considerable amount of stress, not only from the pressurization, but also from the tail and all the stresses of flight. that bulkhead is very, very robust. it is a serious piece of structure. at the moment of the decompression, all the pressurized air for the cabin needs somewhere to go. it blasts back through the cracked bulkhead. unbeknownst to the pilot, the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are
enunbeknownst to the pilot, the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we re in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they re fighting literally for their lives. the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he s not having an effect. the pilots fight desperately for control of the airplane for 32 terrifying minutes. they manage to keep the plane aloft, but with no hydraulics, they can t control the plane s up and down or side to side movement. eyewitnesses on the ground later report that the plane was flying
blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we re in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they re fighting literally for their lives. the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he s not having an effect. the pilots fight desperately for control of the airplane for 32 terrifying minutes. they manage to keep the plane aloft, but with no hydraulics, they can t control the plane s up and down or side to side movement. eyewitnesses on the ground later report that the plane was flying like a, quote, staggering drunk. the plane goes into a nosedive,