The desperate demand of the Ethiopian Airlines pilot just minutes after takeoff

March 15, 2019

Captain Yared Getachew communicated with the control tower and made an urgent request in a broken voice.

In the last few hours, the desperate words of the pilot of the Boeing 737 Max 8 of Ethiopian Airlines who crashed minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport in Ethiopia, leaving 157 deadly victims.

According to sources who had access to the audios of the black boxes of the plane, the captain Yared Getachew He realized instantly that something was really wrong. Knowing that the operation of the aircraft was too strange and irregular, he immediately communicated with the control tower.. He was scared because he knew that his life was in danger. He could not remain calm and asked with a broken voice permission to return to the airport. The take-off took place just three minutes ago and, despite the positive response from the tower, there was no contact.

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According to what is stated in an article, the New York Times, the pilot reported "flight control" problems a minute after takeoff and two minutes later he asked "with a panicked voice" a landing strip to get back to the airport. Addis Ababa, The capital of the country.

"I ask to return to the airport, I ask the vectors (directions) to land", the captain of the flight expressed with despair, according to the source in the US newspaper.

The report indicates that a strange movement of the aircraft began to register, which initially had an altitude lower than that required during takeoff, then accelerated in an unusual way. Faced with the crisis, he immediately received permission to land.

At that time, the vessel changed position, climbed to an unusual height and was moved on a plane preparing to descend into an airport. Then he began swinging up and down several meters suddenly, according to an air traffic controller at the US media.

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Finally, he entered a military restricted area and disappeared from the radar. It took 5 minutes before takeoff and the flight to Nairobi It was tragically interrupted.

Despite his young age (29) and the youngest pilot in the history of Ethiopian society, Getachew has accumulated 8000 flight hours and was dedicated to the job.