Plane Crash That Fell Passengers Among Sharks

The plane crash in 1970 was undoubtedly one of the most frightening accidents in history. Do you think it’s fuel shortage, bad weather conditions, sharks… All of them were fought.

In the flight full of misfortunes, 23 of the 63 people on board died. The rest are He waited for a while to be rescued among the sharks. Let’s dive deeper into this interesting case.

Everything started quite normally.

On May 2, 1970, at 14.10, the ALM Airlines plane took off from New York JFK Airport and headed towards Princess Juliana Airport in the Caribbean Islands. The pilots were very experienced. If on the plane 63 people in total, including 57 passengers and 6 crew members There was.

Flight 980 was stopped by air traffic controllers as it continued over the Atlantic Ocean. warning of bad weather conditions came. Thereupon, the captain changed his route to land at another airport.

Later, controllers said that the weather had improved and the pilots returned to their old route. There was cloudiness when the plane started to descend. pilots, He was having difficulty seeing ahead. Thinking that they would not be able to land, they crossed the runway and tried to land again after a while. Over and over again… It wasn’t happening.

Now their fuel was low and they could not land on the runway.

Since they could not land on the runway, they went to another airport. The fuel on the fuel gauge did not match the fuel they calculated. Pilots who noticed this It began to descend in case it landed on water. Passengers were also made suitable for diving into the water.

It was certain that they would now land on water. They approached slowly and the plane ran out of fuel. They landed in the Caribbean Sea in one piece, almost 50 kilometers away from their destination airport. Unfortunately, 23 people on the plane lost their lives. Among the rest, 37 people were injured. In total, 40 people out of 63 survived.

There were sharks in the area.

While everyone was already scared and injured enough, there was also an incident in the area where the plane landed. They came face to face with sharks. They had nothing to do, they were waiting for the rescue teams with life jackets.

The passengers, who waited among the sharks for half an hour, finally saw the helicopter and work began immediately. If the captain is the pilot 1 hour after landing was retrieved from the sea. The wreckage of the sinking plane could not be retrieved from the sea. This is how the unfortunate accident went down in history.

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