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located at the northern foothills of the Swiss Alpine region is Lake Constance the third largest freshwater lake in
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Central and Western Europe at 64 kilometers in length Lake Constance stretches across three countries
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northern Switzerland southern Germany and western Austria acting as a watery border between each nestled on the lakes
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north and shoreline is the German city of Ur Burlington an industrial harbour city that operates as a central point
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for the outlying semi rural communities six kilometers north of ooh Billingham is an inland village called Ovington
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home to a population of around 3,000 people acres of farmland grassy meadows and fruit orchards surround the small
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township framed by rolling hills covered in dense fur and oak tree forests as night fell on July 1 2002 the quiet
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streets evolving and were disrupted by a deeper rumbling from above prompting locals to assume a nun forecast storm
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was fast approaching seconds later a deafening explosion unlike any typical roll of thunder or
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crack of lightning roared across the landscape houses trembled as startled residents raced the windows balconies
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and the streets to determine the source of the frightening noise above the distant forest a large ball of fire
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illuminated the night sky offering an resident still a vague Mullah described the site quote the sky was orange red
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flaming and we saw detonations again and again and we realized that couldn't have been
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a normal thunderstorm it was something we had never heard or seen before townsfolk watched in awe at what they
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initially believed was an elaborate fireworks display it wasn't until burning fragments started to rain down
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when the chilling realization dawn they were witnessing a catastrophe hula tinkle akka had just finished
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entertaining guests shared in her patio garden when she was startled by the loud
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bangs from above within seconds cloning pieces of metal crashed down onto her Terrace smashing through an awning and
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melting her outdoor furniture shrapnel splintered the exterior walls of her home and two shuddered its windows hula
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her partner and their young daughter rushed out onto the street where panicked voices shattered around them
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the plane fell within minutes all vegans picturesque countryside was on fire huge
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columns of black smoke rose upwards into the night sky searing the throats and belongings of locals who ran into the
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fields to douse the spreading flames they immediately recognized several pieces of the debris an aircraft tail
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chassis and turbines landing gear and a cockpit with a cracked bloodied windshield laying amongst the wreckage
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were dozens of small bodies [Music] as day broke the following morning of July 2 2002 the sheer extent of the
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tragedy that had befallen the German countryside the night prior was fully realized the once lush and vibrant rural
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landscape now resembled a battlefield forests and agricultural fields were charged and avoided with twisted
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fractured pieces of metal the air rate of burning fuel and heavy gray smoke lingered under the overcast skyline
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representatives of the German Federal Bureau of aircraft accidents investigation arrived to the scene
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following reports of an incident that seemed too unbelievable to be true according to witnesses two planes had
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collided in midair over Lake Constance these reports were confirmed when the remains of two commercial aircraft were
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found throughout an area of approximately 350 square kilometres key wreckage had fallen over seven major
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sites in a narrow corridor 20 kilometers long and two kilometers wide the area was cordoned off to keep on lookers in
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the media at bay as thousands of firefighters police officers and the rescue workers surveyed the debris
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trying to comprehend the devastation around them as they searched desperately for survivors helicopters equipped with
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infrared cameras soared above while the depths of nearby Lake Constance were scanned by boats using sonar equipment
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officials considered it a miracle that no one on the ground was killed or injured by the falling debris and the
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damage to surrounding towns was relatively minor the first plane was identified as a
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passenger jet luggage was strewn throughout the site and contained clothing travel necessities into
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children's belongings statements from witnesses coupled with the distribution of the debris indicated that this plane
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had broken up a mid-flight that's pieces falling across the land below the right wing was located in a
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cornfield and to the left was found two kilometers out resting in the garden of a golf course the plane's fuselage
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informally referred to as its body was split in two with the pieces landing 300 metres apart the forward section
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including the cockpit had crashed into an apple plantation the recession including the engines had to narrowly
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missed the nouvion boarding school for disabled children averting what could have been an even greater tragedy the
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aircraft's tail was found sprawled across a rural road between two crop fields visible on its sides was the
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yellow white and blue logo of bosch korean airlines a Russian airline company the remains of the second
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aircraft identified as a cargo jet were discovered in a forest five kilometers east of Orpington in the vicinity of the
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village of Tice's thought its nose was embedded to two meters deep into the forest floor strapped to the pilots
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seats inside the cockpit were the bodies of the two men crew scattered in close proximity were parcels bearing the red
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and white branding of international courier company DHL most of the cargo jets wreckage was centralized the route
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of the forest indicating that unlike the passenger aircraft it did not break up in midair
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instead it remained structurally intact to during descent before crashing into the ground notably the planes vertical
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tail structure used to provide directions ability was missing only a stump consisting of torn up metal rim
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by now there was little doubt as to the identity of each plane two flights had since disappeared from radar their crews
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falling radio silent and both failing to reach their final destinations in the week ending June 2002 the final bell of
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the academic year rang out across schools in Russia signaling the start of the summer holidays for forty-five
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students from the city of Vova in the country's West the sound of the Bell heralded a sense of nervous excitement
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for recognition of their excellence in arts athletics or academics the students had been rewarded with a two-week
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holiday to Spain to attend a festival organised by UNESCO the United Nations education science and cultural body the
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accolades of those who had earned a spot on the exclusive trip varied 14 year old
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Kirill deck diario was a prodigy artist his watercolor and oil paintings were featured in two public exhibitions
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skilled tennis player 16 year old Karina loris Lena was accepted into the school
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of the Olympic reserve her trainers for seeing a gold medal in her future passionate environmentalist 14 year old
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soya feta Tova lectured on the subject of heavy metals as polluters at the small Academy of Sciences and a designed
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an ecological clothing line made from garbage bags the father of eleven-year-old art or comet ah've
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promised his son could attend the student trip to Spain if he earned high academic grades
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Arthur Rex sold at school and even won first place at an international mathematics competition when his father
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returned home from work one evening Arthur rushed to him with his report card in here then said
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dad look I kept my word his father proudly responded good I promise you can go several of the students were the
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offspring of affluent high-ranking Russian officials with wealth derived from their royal rich homeland for
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others coming up with the money to fund to their overseas travel wasn't as simple 15 year old arson massugu Tov
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opted to forego the trip proposing the money be spent on his father's important dissertation work instead arsons father
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politely declined to the offer urging his son to go and enjoy his well-deserved holiday to Spain in the
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weeks leading up to the trip the students eagerly practiced speaking Spanish and saved up their spending
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money their itinerary included a visit to Port Aventura world a theme park featuring state-of-the-art roller
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coasters and water slides along with a visit to cost the darada a strip of mediterranean coastline known for its
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calm shallow waters by late June the students were counting down the remaining days until their overseas
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adventure awaiting their arrival was the warm weather of southern Europe a welcome change from the cool to frigid
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temperatures experienced in oofah fifteen-year-old dancer Sofia fedotov ah hoped the Spanish Sun and sea would ease
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the severe back pain that had recently forced her to miss many classes at school
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for some of the children this would be their first time traveling abroad 14 year old Adina chicagee mukha met off
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was looking forward to the flights as he hoped to one day study aviation and become an astronaut in his spare time
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Deena constructed model airplanes out of plastic bottles and toothpaste tubes using the batteries of old toys as
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makeshift engines prior to leaving for Spain Deena wrote to friends expressing how thrilled he was to finally be taking
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to the skies the group of students accompanied by four adult chaperones departed roofer Airport on Saturday June
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29 2002 90 minutes later they landed in Russia's capital city of Moscow where they boarded a shuttle bus to domitor de
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veau International Airport for their connecting flight to Spain after arriving to dama de Davao Airport the
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group soon realized the travel agency responsible for organizing their trip had accidentally sent them to the wrong
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Airport their flight was actually scheduled to depart from Sheremetyevo International Airport the two-hour drive
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to the opposite side of the city unable to make it there in time the group missed the flight Wolffe abased bash
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korean airlines was quick to come to the rescue of the stranded students arranging an urgent charter flight they
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elected one of their trooper Lev 154 m-series airliners for the flight a medium-range narrow-body two passenger
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aircraft designated flight code BTC 2 9 3 7 the Charter was set to depart from dama de Davao Airport on the evening of
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Monday July 1 arriving to Barcelona's el prat International Airport on Spain's East Coast less than five hours later
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as Bosch Korean Airlines rushed to organize a crew for the impromptu flight the students made the most of the delay
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they spent Sunday June 30 sightseeing in Moscow visiting the colorful landmarks and monuments that defined as a
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historical City and amassing a collection of photographs the show family and friends upon their return
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home in two weeks time 52 year old Alexander gross was at home preparing to lay a stone path through his garden when
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he received an urgent call from Bosch Korean Airlines they requested his presence at Domodedovo Airport to
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captain the unscheduled charter flight BTC 2 937 to Spain the seasoned captain had flown for many international
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airlines during his 30-year career winning numerous awards for his aviation achievements and earning more than
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12,000 credited flight hours across Asia Africa and many parts of Europe yet Alexander didn't have much experience
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with the flight route to Spain or the tupolev aircraft therefore the Charter presented him with
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the opportunity to further develop his skills Alexander accepted the job and hastily
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prepared to lay for Moscow his wife noticed he was unusually nervous that day even struggling to do up his tire
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Bosch Korean Airlines classified Barcelona's el prat airport as an aerodrome in mountainous terrain as such
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pilots making their initial flights to this hazardous destination were required to do so under the supervision of an
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instructor for Alexander gross BTC - 937 would be his second so on piloting a flight to Barcelona meaning he was
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required to be accompanied by a qualified instructor to oversee and evaluate his performance the task was
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handed to 40 year old Allegra grigoriev the chief pilot of Bosch Korean Airlines
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and to the deputy commander of the troop Aleph aircraft squadrons Oleg had years
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of experience piloting for international airlines all over the world including Spain and had recently been crowned best
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their transport employee due to his superiority a leg was effectively in charge of the cockpit assuming the
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official role of pilot in command while captain Alexander gross was assigned piloting control Oleg took the seat
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alongside the captain to conduct his assessments typically this seat was reserved for captain grosses first
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officer or co-pilot 41 year old Marat it cool off but with Oleg grigoriev in his
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chair Marat was considered off-duty and had no official function during the flight he would spend it's durations
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seated directly behind his superiors observing procedures it was a worthwhile experience for Mora who was set to be
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promoted to captain in due time regarded as a level-headed professional Paulette marette had recently received a
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thank-you letter from the commander of the best Korean Airlines flight department acknowledging his flawless
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actions during complicated flight conditions the three pilots were supported in the cockpit by a flight
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navigator and flight engineer it was their job to ensure the plane remained on its designated flight path whilst
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monitoring the aircraft systems and rectifying any faults that may arise back in the aircraft's cabin a team of
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six flight attendants oversaw the passengers due to the sudden and unscheduled nature of the flight most of
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the aircraft's 166 seats would remain empty only seven other tickets were sold last-minute to other travelers willing
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or needing to depart for Spain immediately bringing the number of passengers onboard the aircraft to 56
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the Russian student group accounted for 49 of them with luggage secured in the cargo hold and personal belongings
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stowed in overhead compartments passengers took their seats pre-flight preparations were completed and air
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traffic control gave the aircraft clearance to initiate take off the jet engines rumbled to life and the plane
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was slowly taxied into position by 848 p.m. the trooper Lev began accelerating down the runway upon reaching the right
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airspeed Captain Alexander gross pulled back the control column causing the nose
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of the plane to tilt upwards and onwards into the endless night sky best Korean Airlines flight bt ce to 937 was
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officially underway earlier that afternoon her cargo stopped American Boeing 757 jet airliner was completing a
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standard intercontinental Freight assignment at the controls where pilots paul phillips and brent can't be oniy
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the pair flew as a team for deutsche post korea company DHL worldwide Express flying was a major part of 47 year old
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paul filler life the British national joined DHL in 1989 clocking upwards of eleven thousand
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nine hundred in flight hours in turning the rank of captain as one of the company's most senior pilots Paul ran a
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professional cockpit doing everything by the book a colleague of Paul stated as a pilot if
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he picked up the plane from Paul and he said it was okay he knew it was okay he was meticulous but he also made you
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enjoy your job if you looked at the roster and saw you were flying with Paul he knew you would have a good time
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Paul's copilot was 34 year old Canadian brand can't be Oni who joined a DHL squadron in 1999 taking any opportunity
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to jump into the cockpit Brandt had amassed over six and a half thousand hours of piloting experience including
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18 months as an instructor passion and a dedication for his chosen career was acknowledged in a letter of commendation
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from his employer honoring Brandt's outstanding piloting work at 11:50 a.m. Paul Phillips and grant Campione II
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checked in at Bahrain Airport for a routine Friday sermon today I tells International Base in Brussels Belgium a
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flight route the pair had taken many times before at 1:30 p.m. they entered the cockpit of their Boeing aircraft
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designated flight code DHX 6 1 1 after departing from the Persian Gulf nation the pair flew westerly for five
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hours and 40 minutes before landing for a scheduled stop over in the northern Italian town of Bergamo where their
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aircraft was refueled and its cargo unloaded and restocked having already completed at the longest the leg of
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their trip the remaining journey north with the brussels would only take a further 90 minutes at 9:06 p.m. the HL
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flight DHX 61:1 took to the skies once more flown by first officer branch can't be Oni shortly before 10 p.m.
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best Korean Airlines flight BTC 2 937 enter DHL cargo flight dhx 6 1 1 collided over southern Germany becoming
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the worst civilian aircraft disaster the country had ever seen the catastrophic incident had claimed the lives of all 69
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persons on board the trooper lev including the 45 school students from oofah and two therefore adult chaperones
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the two pilots aboard the Boeing had also lost their lives there were no survivors the event would later come to
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be named after the closest a major city to where the incident occurred the 2002 uber Ling and mid-air collision DHL paid
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tribute to their two lost pilots Paul Phillips and Brant Campione II in a written statement penned by the company
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Paul Phillips was remembered as a true gentleman without a vindictive bone in his body
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his career led him to Bahrain International Airport where he had a chance encounter with a woman selling
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raffle tickets named Amy Paul didn't win the raffle grand prize of a car but did
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win the heart of Amy who later became his wife and a mother of their three children when he wasn't in the air Paul
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lived a leisurely life on the ground tending to his vegetable garden or fishing in his boat
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DHL statement also commemorated the life of happy-go-lucky Brant can't be oniy a
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sports fanatic passionate about tennis in particular devoted to life in the same way he was devoted to flying brent
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found amusement in the smallest of joys from a good meal to little treasures he'd find on the beach next to his home
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was the dilapidated tennis court where Brentwood first players of higher skill level than his own enthusiastically
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welcoming the challenge his positive energy drew in others including his wife Danine a friend remarked ever the
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optimist the glass was always half-full with brand three days of official mourning were declared in Hoover with
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flags flying at half-mast across the russian city at the domestic airport a message of sympathy from best korean
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airlines was displayed alongside pictures of their deceased flight crew at the same time tributes were pouring
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in for the 45 schoolchildren regarded as rufus best and brightest flowers covered
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their school desks as grieving teachers collected pictures class work and report
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cards lamenting the student short but impactful lives a photograph showed several of the female students dancing
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in pink satin dresses to mark World War two Victory Day one deceased the student's report card displayed Rosa
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fires perfect results parents and families were united in grief as they came to terms with the tragic news many
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of them had presumed the children had arrived safely in Spain only to learn of the disaster over the radio
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they wept bitter tears over the ill-fated circumstances that led to their children onto the doomed airliner
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culminating from their missed flight days prior the mother of eleven-year-old bullet Big Love lamented to Russian
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media if only they had flown on time nothing would have happened just days before her trip to Spain 12 year-old
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Alena Chan Innova purchased all her textbooks in anticipation of starting the seventh grade later that year the
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books remained wrapped and unread on her shelf her mother told reporters I don't
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feel like a mother anymore I feel like I've lost my heart the sister of 14 year old Hilde rasilla Bhushan would never
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receive the souvenir teddy bear he had promised to bring her back from Spain the music box given to 14 year-old
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Veronica Stagg choked for her birthday held a few of her sentimental belongings across an old coin and a small silver
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necklace these items now cherished by her suffering family Lali ahora Selena lost her two children in the disaster
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daughter Karina aged 16 and son at Ruslan aged 15 the grieving mother asked what do I have to live for now
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Alexander sorrow also lost his two children 13 year old daughter Veronica and 12 year old son of vladislav in an
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even crueler twist his wife arena was one of the four adult chaperones who had volunteered to accompany the students to
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Spain the disaster had claimed Alexander's entire family emergency visas were issued to the
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families of victims to allow prompt travel to Germany they were asked to bring anything with them that would help
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identify their children's remains including dental and medical records Bosch Korean Airlines ferried the
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relatives abroad in one of their troop Aleph aircrafts circumstances that bore chilling similarities to the doomed fly
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at nights prior upon arriving to Germany the relatives were transported to oving
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him with many still holding on to the impossible hope that their children may have somehow survived the father of 11
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year old Otto Chamitoff stated we still hoped that these children would run in appear from somewhere and probably every
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parent believed in some miracle hope faded when the group reached the expensive and confronting crash site
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although the bodies of the victims had since been recovered and taken away the wreckage still remained painting a grim
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picture of what the passengers enjoy it in their final moments the imagery caused several mourners to
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faint makeshift shrines made up of floral wreaths and candles were built around the debris and flowers brought from
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gardens in Russia were planted throughout the German countryside some grieving relatives dug up handfuls of
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the earth and picked up stalks of corn from the surrounding crop fields as a somber keepsake of their children's
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temporary resting place after a prayer service an hour of silence commenced as mourners wandered through the
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devastation burdened with the unanswered questions how and why one parent told the media we
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have very many questions and I think is the duty of every parent to find out how
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it happened inquiries into the cause of the fatal crash were fronted by the German Federal
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Bureau of aircraft accidents investigation they were assisted by Rep natives from both Russia and the United
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States as the incident involved planes built in their respective countries initial considerations as to how such a
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rare catastrophe could occur centered around the presumption that one of the pilots must have somehow lost control
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mid-flight and directed their plane into the other post-mortem examinations of the tupolev and Boeing crewmembers ruled
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each person's cause of death as a direct result of the collision there were no indications that any suffered from
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pre-existing afflictions physiological impairments or psychological illnesses that may have contributed to the crash
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tests were conducted for the presence of alcohol medication or other drugs but produced negative results in all cases
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the possibility that exhaustion played a part was ruled out as crew members had sufficient time to rest than to relax
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prior to the flights the German meteorological service reported the weather on the evening of July 1 was
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unremarkable characterized by scattered cloud coverage with slight to moderate rain five other aircrafts flew above
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southern Germany that evening their crews reported seeing stars clearly indicating visibility was good however
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they record a lack of moonlight around at the time of the collision this detail was confirmed by German military
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geophysicists whose astronomical data revealed that although night had fallen the moon was in the waning phase below
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the horizon and had not yet risen this meant the night sky was particularly dark limiting visibility from the
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cockpit to less than 10 kilometers ahead has inquiries continued in Germany investigations were also underway in
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Russia Italy and Switzerland countries that doomed flights had traversed during July 1 at the time of the collision both
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planes were under the observation of Swiss based their navigation service provider called sky guide which was
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tasked with supervising airspace over Lake Constance the multi-million dollar company operated from an area control
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center located inside a tall windowed tower on the grounds of Zurich International Airport in the country's
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northeast investigators spoke with the sky guide staff on duty the night of July 1
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who reported an unusual occurrence at around a 9:30 p.m. an air traffic controller was observing a navigation
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radar screen featuring a basic grid like display of Swiss airspace and it surrounds small blips indicated aircraft
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positions in the sky along with their flight number designation altitude and approximate traveling speed the control
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I noticed the blips of flights BTC 2 937 and Adi HX 6 1 1 were rapidly approaching the same location over Lake
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Constance both soaring at 36,000 feet the controller presumed the situation was one of loss of separation wearing
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aircrafts incidentally fly too close to one another these aviation near misses are more common than most realize they
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very rarely end in disaster to remedy the loss of separation between flights BTC 2 937 and a thx 6 1 1 the controller
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followed established procedures and radioed through to the trooper lapse cockpit ordering captain Alexander gross
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to descend his aircraft by 1,000 feet no radio communications were initiated by air traffic control to the Boeing
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aircraft the only requirement to secure a safe passage of both flights was simply for one plane to move out of the
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way of the other strangely there was no response from the tupolev crew the controller repeated his demand this time
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with more emphasis captain Alexander broses voice finally came through the radio clarifying the order to descend
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which the controller confirmed the controller was under the impression the trooper left crew had followed through
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with the descent and to the crisis had been averted it wasn't until the blips of flights Bayt AC to 937 and today I
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checked 6 1 1 suddenly disappeared from navigation radar screens the sky guide staff realized something wasn't right
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attempts to re-establish radio communications with the trooper left cockpit crew were met with silence are
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collided according to the company the trooper left was ordered to descend about two minutes before the crash
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giving the airliner ample time to safely move out of the Boeing's flight path a representative from sky guard informed
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the media quote the problem was that the Russian plane did not immediately respond for reasons that aren't entirely
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clear these comments led to speculation as to whether the tupolev crews initially in action was to blame for the
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tragedy and whether it was intentional or not Bosch Korean airlines were quick to come to the defense of their crew
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insisting all staff on board were highly qualified and experienced in the Russian
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Federation flight crews are awarded performance classes based on their qualifications into flight skill there
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are four in total class one being the highest all the trooper left crew members were class one furthermore
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captain Alexander gross was experienced in navigating difficult flight conditions that require two last-minute
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maneuvers during one particularly problematic flight to Budapest unpredictable weather had him descending
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onto an airstrip that had been flooded by an overflowing river he successfully brought the plane down safely receiving
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applause from his relieved and grateful passengers the season the captain was known to abide by a single rule when
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flying he refused to relax as there were 150 people behind his back depending on
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him nevertheless Alexander's immediate inaction prior to the you billing and mid-air collision raised many questions
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the theory that the Russian crew was at fault gained momentum with rumors spreading that they may not have fully
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understood the English commands given by sky guides air traffic controller despite it being the de facto
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international language of civil aviation wanting to dispel the accusations directed towards her husband Alexander's
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Widow came forward to present a certificate he had been issued years prior acknowledging his extensive
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knowledge and understanding of English flight language blame and criticism were further spotlighted on Russia when
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aviation officials labeled tupolev aircrafts as careless Boeing airliners had made its name as one of the most
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reliable aircrafts with a generally good safety record however Russia's aging domestic workhorse the tupolev had a
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checkered history although a popular aircraft it had been involved in about 30 year disasters since its inception
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months prior to the U billing and mid-air collision a tupolev exploded in midair and crashed into the black sea
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killing 78 passengers and crew months before that the tupolev crashed in Siberia killing 143 people on board
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additional crashes in China Namibia and the United Arab Emirates claimed the lives of a further 300 people experts
00:42:29
blamed poor maintenance safety violations and cost-cutting for the high accident rate yet
00:42:35
records showed the tupolev involved in the u billing and mid-air collision had received a technical inspection on june
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28 2002 just two days before the fatal crash the plane was determined to being fine working order with no technical
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defects and received the authorization to fly similar inspections were carried out on
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the Boeing the last occurring just over two months prior to the crash it too was
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given the all-clear the head of Bosch Korean Airlines stressed the tuple ever made all requirements set by the
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International Civil Aviation Organization and dissipated accusations mounting against the Russian crew he
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insisted to reporters there were no reasons to say that the pilots didn't handle the plane properly
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Switzerland's president Kasper Villiger was scheduled to attend a public memorial service held in oofah to honor
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the victims of the crash however he was forced to cancel plans when Russian authorities were unable to guarantee his
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safety emotions were running high in Pride and her nationalistic Russia local anger was
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directed towards the Swiss who had failed to send condolences immediately following the crash in another perceived
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transgression Swiss officials and media had defied ethical standards by immediately placing the blame on the
00:44:05
Russian pilots and aircraft despite the ongoing investigation having drawn no such conclusions
00:44:12
hundreds of Russian citizens greeted the coffins carrying the remains of the 45 schoolchildren upon their arrival to
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offer airport they were taken to Goss tini divorce square for a public memorial the usually vibrant Plaza
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serving as a gathering spot for the heartbroken community to come together and grieve the German Deputy Foreign
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Minister attended the service and told the crowd we will never forget our compatriots German people crying
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together with Russians at the side of a charred wheat field he promised to erect a memorial at the
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crash site to serve as an eternal remembrance after the service the coffins were
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placed on the buses and two taken to a cemetery in southern offer portraits of each student were displayed in the
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windows as mourners framed the procession route tossing flowers onto the road as the vehicles approached the
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students were buried together their headstones placed in rows resembling their seating pattern on flight BTC 2
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937 the local government organized the special fund of 28 million rubles for the families of the victims but it came
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with the understanding that no amount of money could compensate for the immense loss condolences were offered on behalf
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of russia's President Vladimir Putin who said your pain is immeasurable and your
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loss irrecoverable no matter whose fault it finally will be we the adults are to
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be blamed the way have not saved our children and that they left us as angels for heaven ongoing searches of the
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extensive crash site resulted in the discovery of two distinct red colored devices the flight recorders of both
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aircraft informally known as the black boxes engineered to withstand conditions arising from aircraft destruction they
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facilitate the investigation of aviation accidents that consist of a single unit
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made up of two individual devices one is the flight data recorder which preserves
00:46:27
the recent history of the flights internal electronic systems including control inputs and engine information
00:46:33
the other is the cockpit voice recorder which records the audio environment within including conversations between
00:46:41
crew members as experts began the intricate process of retrieving the data stored on the fly
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recorders k pieces of the tupolev and Boeing were transported to a specialized storage hangar for further examination
00:46:57
efforts to determine how the collision transpired by reconstructing the aircraft's were hampered by the sheer
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state of their destruction with many vital parts having been completely destroyed and never recovered
00:47:10
nevertheless the wreckage coupled with the flight recorder data would provide an invaluable resource in understanding
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how the rare catastrophe transpired on the fifth day of the investigation examiner's collated the information
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gathered from the wreckage with the data from the flight recorders and presented
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their findings revealing the sequence of events that led to the u billing and mid-air collision on July 1 2002
00:47:40
following their intermediate landing in Italy DHL cargo flight d HX 6 1 1 was traveling north towards Belgium at 9:21
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p.m. the plane was flying over the snow capped alpine region of southern Switzerland when captain paul phillips
00:47:58
initiated radio communications with air traffic control requesting clearance to climb to a higher altitude as the
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thinner air above provided less resistance and preserved fuel he specifically requested to rise to 36,000
00:48:14
feet by this point the boeing was in sky guides jurisdiction and captain phillips
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radio message reached the companies zurich based air control center where his request was granted
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fifteen minutes later first officer Brandt can't be any left his seat to attempt the lavatory installed in a
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cubicle at the rear of the cockpit leaving Paul Phillips alone at the controls 14 seconds later an alarm began
00:48:43
emanating from the control panel it was accompanied by a monotone automated voice repeating the words traffic
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traffic the automated voice arose from the aircraft's inbuilt traffic collision avoidance system informally referred to
00:49:02
as T Cass the relatively new technology you listened in on the constant stream of radio signals radiating from
00:49:08
commercial aircrafts and calculated whether any were on a collision course if they were the system would issue a
00:49:15
warning and if necessary inform pilots of what action to take to avoid one another when the t caste issued this
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course of action known as a resolution advisory the pilot had been trained to respond immediately and maneuver is
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indicated unless they knew doing so would jeopardize the safe operation of the flyer both the tupolev and the
00:49:39
Boeing had T Cass installed experts understood that had the system worked as it was designed to the you bullying and
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mid-air collision should never had occurred this raised the possibility that a might have malfunctioned or
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issued an error 14 seconds after captain Paul Phillips was alerted by take ass of nearby
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traffic the system issued a resolution advisory the automated voice directed the pilot to descend descend remaining
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calm captain Phillips pushed the control column forwards tilting the plane downwards as per instruction the tea
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cast then advised increased descent increased descent at this point grant campeón II had returned from the
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lavatory into resumed his position at the controls upon hearing that take us alert Brent told the captain to increase
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and the Boeing's rate of descent was escalated the pair were unable to make a visual contact of any nearby aircraft
00:50:47
due to the sheer darkness beyond the windshield captain Phillips attempted to establish
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radio communications with Swiss air traffic control to determine who or what was in their proximity but his messages
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went on he answered several kilometers away best Korean Airlines flight PTC to 937 was soaring
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towards the Germany Switzerland border at a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet as the tupolev approached airspace over
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lake constance it's tea casts issued an alert warning that another aircraft was within close proximity 7 seconds later
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the crew received radio communications from Zurich based air traffic control ordering them to descent juda crossing
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traffic the message prompted discussions between the crew members as they observed the night sky for the other
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aircraft although no one verbally responded to the controller lingering accusations that captain Alexander cross
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did not understand to the commands given to him in English were dispelled as instrument data indicated he followed
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through with the descent suddenly he cast generated a resolution advisory commanding the pilot to instead climb
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climb off duty first officer more at a pool of acknowledged the take ass telling the
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others had says climb his unease was brushed aside by a leg of grigoriev the most senior member of the crew into the
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pilot in command oleg indicated they should follow instructions provided by the air traffic
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controller saying he is guiding us down Moret disagreed certain they should adhere to take ass and ascend debate
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erupted in the cockpit between crew members as they disputed what course of action to take the confusion prompted
00:52:52
captain grass to halt the sin but then air traffic control radioed through a second message repeating their order to
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expedite the same captain grass tentatively recited the order back to the controller who quickly replied yes
00:53:10
we have traffic in your two o'clock with this confirmation captain grass committed to the descent the tupolev
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crew nervously observed the night sky in the two o'clock direction waiting to spot the approaching aircraft a leg of
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grigoriev asked frantically where is it the panicked voice of more added cool-off responded he on the left side
00:53:38
the inbound aircraft was not in the two o'clock position as advised by air traffic control but on the opposite side
00:53:46
of the tupolev in the ten o'clock position the trooper left's flight navigator explained it's going to pass
00:53:54
beneath us esta casa su de nother resolution advisory instructing the pilot to increased climb increased climb
00:54:06
it was too late the trooper left was in steep descent above the Boeing where pilots Brent
00:54:13
Campione II and Captain Paul Phillips were obeying the orders of their takers suddenly the pair caught sight of the
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trooper left right above them causing Brent to remark in shock traffic right there he desperately ordered captain
00:54:30
phillips to descend hard there was insufficient time for either aircraft to maneuver out of the other's way and at
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9:35 p.m. they collided in the airspace over southern germany the boeing flew underneath the tupolev its rear vehicle
00:54:49
tail clipped the left wing of the passenger airliner before slicing through its fuselage and severing it in
00:54:55
half an explosive decompression expelled all oxygen within the cabin rendering all those on board unconscious within
00:55:04
seconds the airliner continued to break up in midair raining pieces of fractured metal
00:55:11
onto the town evolving and below the impact she had 80% of the Boeing's vertical tail leaving nothing more than
00:55:19
a stump and causing the aircraft to become aerodynamically unstable rolling about its longitudinal axis the Boeing
00:55:28
then lost use of the engines due to the higher lateral forces unable to control their aircraft Paul Phillips and Brent
00:55:37
Campione II enjoyed an agonizing three-minute descent as their plane plummeted to earth the findings
00:55:48
clarified that neither the aircraft crews nor a faulty traffic collision avoidance system were responsible for
00:55:55
the collision the take ass had worked just as it was designed to upon calculating the flights dhx
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6 1 1 and bt c 2 937 were on a collision course the system issued prompt resolutions to rectify the problem
00:56:12
ordering the boeing to descend enter the trooper left to climb had the crews follow to these instructions the
00:56:20
collision would have been avoided however sky guard air traffic control issued the trooper left crew with
00:56:27
conflicting orders instructing them to descend instead and subsequently bringing the passenger plane down on top
00:56:34
of the bony skylight staff had initially informed investigators that orders were
00:56:40
given to the trooper lev two minutes before the collision this statement was deemed false when transcripts of radio
00:56:47
communications between the tupolev and sky guide revealed the first radioed order was given a mere 43 seconds before
00:56:54
impact an insufficient timeframe for them to adjust their altitude for safe passage still this didn't answer the
00:57:03
pressing question as to wire the air traffic controller provided the trooper left crew with misguided or
00:57:09
miscalculated instructions investigations narrowed in on the air traffic controller who gave the fatal
00:57:16
directions the controller's 10-year career history was scrupulously studied only to reveal a worker considered by
00:57:24
workmates and supervisors as competent and knowledgeable with a professional and cooperative attitude nothing in his
00:57:32
records indicated deficiencies in his skill or experience however in May of 2001 a year before the u billing and
00:57:42
mid-air collision the controller was involved in a similar loss of separation incident no one was harmed in that
00:57:50
instance but a subsequent investigation attributed the incident in part to the controller's error in judgment in
00:57:56
evaluating the space required to safely conduct an altitude crossing maneuver following this sky-god conducted a
00:58:05
30-minute debrief with the controller but the contents of this session were not documented and didn't lead the
00:58:11
company to form any serious concerns about the controller's ability it was considered an isolated incident in an
00:58:18
otherwise unblemished career on the morning following the u billing and mid-air collision investigators
00:58:26
collected blood and urine samples from the sky guide staff who were on duty the night prior including the controller in
00:58:33
question subsequent testing of these samples for drugs alcohol into medication produced negative results
00:58:41
confirming the controller was not under the influence of any substance that may have impacted their capability on the
00:58:47
night of July 1 the actions of the air traffic controller were released to the media who labeled him a mass murderer
00:58:56
for his own safety his name and identity were never released to the public hate mail flooded sky guides corporate
00:59:05
offices as the company refused to offer an explanation or apology for the crash Swiss authorities opened an
00:59:13
investigation to determine whether the controller was indeed responsible and whether there was enough evidence to
00:59:19
charge him with 71 cases of negligent manslaughter during an interview with German press shortly after the disaster
00:59:27
the controller admitted to his role in the catastrophe explaining quote on the night of the accident I was part of a
00:59:36
network of people computers monitoring into transmission devices and regulations all these parts must work
00:59:44
together seamlessly and with the odd error and they must be synchronized as an air traffic controller it is my task
00:59:51
in duty to prevent such accidents so many children lost their lives and so many hopes for the future were erased
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when these comments went to print the air traffic controller was referred to simply as Peter Wren
01:00:12
although the job of a pilot is to get airline cargo or passengers to their destination it is the work conducted by
01:00:19
air traffic controllers that ensures the planes arrive safely their role is to monitor airspace from control towers on
01:00:26
the ground observing radar screens whilst providing direction and assistance to pilots via radio for the
01:00:33
safe efficient and orderly flow of air traffic as such air traffic control is regarded as one of the most mentally
01:00:41
challenging and stressful professions involving real-time decision-making based on changing flight plans
01:00:47
unexpected weather conditions unscheduled traffic and emergency situations for the most part it is the
01:00:56
often unrecognized the work performed by air traffic controllers that makes flying such a low-risk endeavor and one
01:01:02
of the safest modes of transportation each controller is carefully selected highly trained and to rigorously tested
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before being granted with a license to conduct their traffic navigation in March 1994 Peter Nelson successfully
01:01:20
completed his training to become an air traffic controller and was granted his license by the Norwegian Civil Aviation
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Administration Peter worked with in his home country of Denmark until 1995 before moving to Switzerland with his
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wife Mehta they settled in the leafy suburb of cloten about ten kilometres north of Zurich where they raised three
01:01:43
children Mehta's 13-year old teenage son into the couple's younger children aged four and two
01:01:51
the Nielsen's home suburb overlooked zurich International Airport where Peter began working for sky guide in their
01:01:58
area control center by mid 2002 36 year old Peter Nielsen was highly competent at aviation management with nearly 10
01:02:08
years of experience under his belt that was a challenging and stressful career but Peter channeled the pressure he
01:02:15
faced at work into recreational fitness he loved to run and swim but his favourite sport was ice hockey every
01:02:24
Wednesday Peter would meet with a group of his work colleagues who had formed their own ice hockey team and together
01:02:29
they'd blow off steam by skating around the rink in the early hours of July 1 2002 Peter Nielsen arrived to work and
01:02:39
settled in for a quiet night but they the centralized the airspace over Switzerland was one of the busiest
01:02:46
crossroads in Europe yet the lady hours saw a dramatic reduction in the number of inbound and outbound flights with
01:02:53
only a few aircrafts moving through the sky at any given time this reduction was
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due in part to an imposed curfew that forced the Zurich Airport to close their runways to incoming or outgoing flights
01:03:06
overnight later that evening when news reached sky guides area control center that two commercial airliners had
01:03:14
collided in midair within their jurisdiction staff were left shocked there were even more surprised to learn
01:03:21
the accident occurred whilst the flights were being monitored by seasoned and well-regarded air traffic controller
01:03:27
Peter Nelson when Peter learned he was under a criminal investigation in relation to
01:03:34
the crash he suffered a mental breakdown that required hospitalization and psychiatric
01:03:39
treatment he claimed that due to the immense trauma he had suffered over the incident he couldn't remember anything
01:03:46
about the moments leading up to the catastrophe investigations into his conduct continued for months as
01:03:55
authorities carefully pieced together what evidence they could to determine the extent of Peter Nelson's culpability
01:04:01
a year after the u billing and mid-air collision investigations were still underway to determine Peter Nelson's
01:04:11
role in the crash his mental state had since improved and after taking months off for treatment he finally returned to
01:04:20
work he had since retired from his air traffic controller position and had taken up an office job at Sky Guides
01:04:26
corporate office where he was involved in the development of air traffic projects
01:04:32
a vast containing a single white rose was on display at his former workstation in the area control center as a show of
01:04:40
support from his old colleagues Tuesday February 24 2004 marked one year and eight months since the you Burlingame
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television it was approaching 5:45 p.m. in the Swiss town of cloten and getting dark outside as the remnants have
01:04:58
recently fallen snow slowly melted away Peter was at home in his street-level two-story pink washed suburban flat with
01:05:08
his wife Mehta and their young children Peter and Metta were lying on the sofa together watching television needing to
01:05:16
do some whining Mehta prepared the stand the Peter urged her to stay put and enjoyed the coziness eventually Mehta
01:05:25
dragged herself away to do housework at 5:51 p.m. Peter looked outside and noticed an unfamiliar man sitting alone
01:05:34
on a garden seat on their front terrace the stranger was unshaven appeared to be
01:05:40
aged in his 40s or 50s with a burly physique and dark hair with gray streaks he was dressed in black with a long coat
01:05:48
holding a brown envelope Peter told matter of the man outside before making his way to the patio to greet him as he
01:05:58
headed out Peters youngest daughter ran towards him but he shut the door behind him causing
01:06:04
the two-year-old to burst into tears Mehta led her daughter further into the house to comfort her the voices of her
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husband and the man were barely audible from inside the house the meta could hear the stranger speaking in broken
01:06:20
German with an Eastern European accent a minute later she heard him share I am Russia a scream then erupted from
01:06:31
peda Mehta heard her husband yell don't kill me telling her children to stay put
01:06:40
Mehta raced outside and found Peter lying on the terrace covered in blood he looked up at her and pleaded call an
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ambulance the disheveled older man stood over him a long knife in his hand to be continued
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