enormous exceeding five times the force of gravity. this means that a 200-pound person would feel like 1,000 pounds. you didn t know if your brain would explode or what. everybody face was kind of pulled back like stretched. you couldn t open your mouth. you couldn t move your arms. you couldn t move anything. there was complete silence because you can t even make a sound. when they were trying to figure out what was going on, the crew found themselves with their faces pressed down onto the control column because the g forces were so strong. the forces of the airplane and g load are so powerful that the doors covering parts of the main landing gear are ripped off. big boom. i thought the plane just blew up, you know. and i open my eyes, i m still here. i m still falling. at the back of the airplane, the tips of the horizontal
what was the last thing you remembered in this crash? i don t remember nothing, man. but this flight attendant patricia mcquigg manages to stay alive. i was up in my jump seat high on top of the wreckage. i couldn t get out. i had no shoes on. part of my uniform on and i was tied up. federal investigators are going to hold an inquiry into the crash of the jumbo jet near miami s airport. but what caused the plane to crash? the mystery lies in why the autopilot suddenly failed to hold its altitude. it turns out it wasn t a mechanical failure, but rather human error. according to the report, when the captain leans across to help with a light bulb and the landing gear indicator, he hits the control column, shutting off the autopilot. the warning chime went off but no one seemed to notice. the crew not only didn t respond to it, they didn t actually hear it, or if they
stabilizer separate from the tail. they have fallen another 20,000 feet in less than two minutes. the airplane breaks through the cloud layer and by chance, it s oriented right side up. now they had a natural horizon to look with. they could look out the windshield and see which way was up, down, and wings level. but there is only 11,000 feet left between the airplane and the ocean. i could see the water, the waves break, it s getting bigger and bigger and bigger and you have a magnifying glass. i just scream from my mind. i say god help me. the crew pulls up hard on the control column and using the horizon try to level out the airplane. but they are still losing altitude. it felt like forever but then it just stopped.
but that pilot could not get back in. the official says the cockpit voice recorder indicates quoting, the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and then he hits the door stronger and no answer. there is never an answer. he goes onto say, quoting you can hear he s trying to smash the door down. so at this point there are two possibilities. the pilot inside the cockpit was either incapacitated though there s no sound of distress, or he deliberately kept the other pilot out. the cockpit door automatically locks. in the united states you must have two people in the cockpit. so if a pilot leaves, a flight attendant is require today go in. it s unclear what the rules are in germany, but this would explain why during the ten-minute descent there is no mayday or any conversation at the ground. take a look at the cockpit of the a320. there s no center yoke or control column. instead airbus uses a side stick
but that pilot could not get back in. the official says the cockpit voice recorder indicates quoting, the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and then he hits the door stronger and no answer. there is never an answer. he goes onto say, quoting you can hear he s trying to smash the door down. so at this point there are two possibilities. the pilot inside the cockpit was either incapacitated though there s no sound of distress, or he deliberately kept the other pilot out. the cockpit door automatically locks. in the united states you must have two people in the cockpit. so if a pilot leaves, a flight attendant is require today go in. it s unclear what the rules are in germany, but this would explain why during the ten-minute descent there is no mayday or any conversation at the ground. take a look at the cockpit of the a320. there s no center yoke or control column. instead airbus uses a side stick controller.