October 3, 2006
First-Hand Account of Mid-Air Collision
It now appears to be confirmed that the crash that claimed 155 lives was caused by a mid-air collision with a private jet. One of the passengers of the jet recounts the experience:
Passenger recounts mid-air crash over Brazil : Mail & Guardian OnlineThere was no warning, not even the roar of the approaching 737, before the two planes collided at 11 278m, according to a passenger aboard the smaller corporate jet whose seven occupants miraculously survived the fatal encounter.
Joe Sharkey, a reporter for the New York Times, was on assignment in Brazil and relaxing aboard the Embraer Legacy 600 jet with his window shade closed when he felt the mid-air impact.
Only hours later would he learn it had apparently sent a second plane spiralling to the floor of the Amazon rainforest, killing 155 people.
"Without warning, I felt a terrific jolt and heard a loud bang, followed by an eerie silence, save for the hum of engines," Sharkey wrote in an account of the ordeal in Tuesday's New York Times.
Be sure to click on the link above to read the rest of the story. It is amazing. Unfortunately, it appears that the only information we will have of events on the other plane will come from the black box.
Posted by Andrew at October 3, 2006 10:52 AM
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