1. Massive systems failure.
2. Decompression with failure of pilots O2. (A few years ago there was a plane where the pilot’s window blew out and he was partially sucked out. They had to hold on to him to keep him from going all the way out. Somehow he lived.)
3. Unemployed Muslum yoots.
‘Tremendous’ Crew
The co-pilot, Alistair Atcheson, 39 years old, put on an oxygen mask and flew the plane as a steward, Nigel Ogden, who was also on the flight deck, grabbed the captain’s legs and clung to a chair. Another steward, Simon Rogers, rushed onto the flight deck, strapped himself into the pilot’s seat and relieved Mr. Ogden, who gashed his hand trying to save the captain.
Helped by other crew members, Mr. Rogers clung to the captain until the aircraft landed. Other crew members calmed passengers and told them to fasten their seatbelts.