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These were the final words that were captured on the Cockpit Voice Recording on board LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055. Translated from Polish into English this reads… “Goodnight, goodbye. Bye, we are dying”. These haunting final words came at the very end of a struggle to save the lives of 183.
The case Flight 5055 is one where a lot of things went wrong. On May 9th, 1987, this large passenger plane fell out of the sky following a devastating catastrophic failure within the plane’s engines. What followed was a desperate struggle from the pilots to save the plane from crashing. Ultimately this resulted in the deadliest air disaster in Poland’s history. But its how it got to this point is what we need to examine further. Because hidden away beneath this surface of this plane’s skin, is certain type of failure that occurred at multiple levels, mechanical and financial.
#aviation
ATC Recording Source With Translated Subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHplee2owZg&ab_channel=AlexHoe
With On-screen Subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqXQxDZnIgY&ab_channel=ChilloutJr%27s-CVR%26ATCAudioArchive
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https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/hanna-checinska-pierwsza-ofiara-katastrofy-w-lesie-kabackim/x126k90
https://www.polot.net/pl/tragedia_il_62_m_sp_lbg_w_dniu_9_05_1987r
https://www.emersonbearing.com/products/roller-bearings/#:~:text=Roller%20bearings%20%E2%80%94%20also%20known%20as,moving%20parts%20of%20the%20bearing.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071028143342/http://www.wrozka.com.pl/07_98/16.htm
https://www.planecrashinfo.com/cvr870509.htm
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