Abandon or keep the captain: Selecting the life and death of 84 scary people and secrets at the last minute

At a height of 13,000m, a frightening incident occurred that made the life and death gap become too fragile. Save yourself or suffer? 84 people had to face difficult choices.

At 6:10 am on May 26, 1990, the BAC 1-11 , with British Airway number 5390 as usual, took off from Birmingham airport, England, to Malaga, Spain.

The captain of this flight is Timothy Lancaster - who has 21 years of flying experience and a vice-captain who has just received the job not long ago - Alistair Atcheson.

In addition, there is 1 manager and 3 attendants and 84 passengers on the plane. Since taking off, everything has been convenient. After 13 minutes leaving the ground, the plane reached a height of 13,000m.

As usual, the captain adjusted the plane to the auto-driving state before leaving a cup of water.

However, the very moment he lifted himself up, a "soldier" sound rang. To the left of the captain, an array of windshield suddenly exploded. Immediately, due to the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the plane, Timothy was almost swept away from the cockpit.

Instinctively, in the moment of being sucked out of the plane, the captain used a leg to grip on a chair in the cockpit. The account manager and two attendants rushed in, clutching Timothy, so he was not swept out.

Photo reconstructed the incident scene.

The windshield was broken, the cold wind cut the skin cut from outside and poured into the aircraft with the speed of 390km / h. 3 alarm devices constantly buzzing. Not only that, the plane also lost contact with the flight dispatch center, started falling at a very fast speed.

In that scary situation, more than 80 passengers panicked, scared, not sure what to do.

Vice-President Alistair Atcheson is new to work so he's not used to BAC-1-1. At that critical moment, he only knew how to follow his intuition and his previous experience to control the plane again.

But the danger has not ended. Because the air pressure in the chamber is unbalanced, if it is not timely to cover the gap where the wind is getting in, the oxygen provided to the breathing passengers is the most sufficient to maintain for 30 minutes, then everyone will died of lack of gas.

The oxygen provided to the most breathing passengers is only enough to maintain for 30 minutes.(Illustration).

However, the captain was still outside the plane. If you cover the hole, that means they will lose one person.

Looking at the utterly born captain who adhered to the aircraft's outer shell in a heat background of -20 degrees Celsius, looking no less energetic, the crew members fell into a state of extreme suffering. They really do not mercilessly let go.

In accordance with the regulations of British Airway, when the aircraft has a problem in the air, crew members are obliged to sacrifice everything to ensure the safety of the passengers, unless the passenger does not need them to do so. so.

Therefore, to lose or save the captain, must be decided by the passenger.

Under the management of the account manager, a hostess went to the cockpit, regained her composure and informed the passengers, that they had a bit of trouble.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our captain is stuck in the cold outside the plane, not knowing how to live or die.

Leaving or rescuing him is related to everyone's life, so people think and decide. Who agreed to leave the captain, please raise your hand. If the number of people agreeing to sell is too high, we will let him fall ".

The stewardess had just finished speaking, the panic scene suddenly became strangely quiet. A few minutes later, there were people who quickly and assertively raised their hands, 2 people, 5 people, 10 people, 20 people .

She tried to suppress her compassionate feelings, not allowing herself to shed tears. She also forced herself to count accurately every person.

But when counting to 42, suddenly everyone, each person was raising their hands slowly lowering their hands. Like that, the person followed the other, all withdrew the original decision.

Seeing the sudden change in lightning, the hostess couldn't control her emotions anymore, her tears were falling. As she cried, she ran as if flying away to announce the good news.

The flight captain was retained by 84 passengers by honest thought, accepting to give up personal interests.(Photo reconstructs the incident scene).

In the end, the deputy also contacted the flight control center. Under the guidance of the center, 22 minutes after the incident, the plane finally landed successfully at Southampton airport.

The captain of the flight finally survived and was rescued by the rescue force immediately after the plane landed.

What is unimaginable is that Captain Timothy Lancaster froze outside the plane for more than 20 minutes returned to normal work, as if nothing happened three months later.

And a secret was revealed at the last minute after the investigation reports were written down and surprised people even more: The flight was extremely lucky to decide to retain the captain.

If he let the captain fall, he would get caught up in the engine moving in the wing. And so, the plane will be broken and the fate of all the people on the plane will be difficult to predict.

The honest thought of 84 passengers on that fateful flight has finally changed the original decision, while being able to save the captain, and help themselves escape a terrible tragedy.