tazeycrazy comments on one frame, 30,000 feet per second

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 93 points 5 days ago* (13 children)

It wasn’t. IIRC, it was descending at 30,000 feet per minute at its peak and was maybe coming close to Mach 1 at impact.

I also understand there’s some deeply NSFL audio floating around, but I haven’t listened and don’t intend to.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 69 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

The audio is a bit rough, especially if you haven't heard any emergency calls or ATC traffic before but not really any more distressing than watching a loaded plane slam into the ground. Which doesn't even have a NSFW tag

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I listened to the audio. Always heartbreaking to hear people's distressing last words as they realize they are about to die.

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[–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For me it was the helplessness she was in. There was nothing anyone could have done at the time. The ATC operator was trying to see what could be given to them but they where out of options.

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[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 4 days ago

Jeff was full on doing the lords prayer in the background, can’t imagine a good 30 seconds of knowing you are dead

at least there was no pain, just helplessness

reminds me of Benny from that scene in the Mummy without any of the humor

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah. Utterly gut-wrenching. My heart sinks every time I hear these cockpit crash recordings.

Wherever I think about it, I'm haunted by these alarms, going: "PULL UP. PULL UP."