Jesus christ.....
Not sure what else to say to this really. Is India really that bad in terms of corruption and lack of any CRM?
I'm amazed that as a flag carrier there's no incident reporting system that can be used without fear of finding a razor blade in your Bhuna!
Frightening and sad that in this day and age we're not beyond situations that could so easily have turned into a very large smoking hole.
Very well done for the expat guy jumping in though. Shame the other 2 muppets in the front seats needed prompting to firewall the throttles when the airspeed bled below 200kts in the turn.