Originally Posted by
thcrozier
But they couldn't see it, they just knew it was there.
If they knew they were dropping below glidescope, does it follow that they knew they would hit the mountain without vectors?
The latest report from a surviving passenger is that no PA was made to the cabin, would the PA have been working after the lights went out? He also said people had been standing. This is corroborated by the surviving crew member who said that passengers were standing and shouting during "the situation".
If they were standing before the lights went out, as claimed by the passenger, had word filtered back from cockpit that they were in strife?
At what point did cockpit crew realise they were doomed and would the PA have been working at that point?
For 4 passengers this was a survivable accident even though they apparently were not prepared. How many more could have survived had they adopted a brace position?
Perhaps the fact that Erwin Tumiri, the flight engineer who is one of the two crew members who survived, had prepared himself for the crash, is an indication that more passengers could have survived if they had been warned?
There are no reports yet of cabin crew running down the aisles instructing passengers to brace.
Shortly after the crash, Tumiri, a flight engineer, reportedly told media outlets that he survived by curling up in the fetal position with a bag between his knees as the jet careened toward the mountainside.
“I put the bags in between my legs to form the fetal position that is recommended in accidents,” he told Fox Sports Argentina in Spanish. “During the situation, many stood up from their seats, and they started to shout.”