Air Astana flight 1388 was a ferry flight returning to home base from Lisbon after weeks of maintenance work in Lisbon.
Pilots called MAYDAY shortly after take-off, declaring that the plane was totally uncontrollable.
They kept requesting vectors to the ocean for a ditching (preferably in some zone with better weather), ATC kept providing vectors, but they were unable to to keep a straight heading (or altitude, or speed). This lasted several minuted with the plane all over the sky around Lisbon.
Portugal dispatched F-16s to assist, eventually they could regain control and landed safely in the Beja military base.
The VASAviation video (ATC audio and Flightradar24 tracking) is hart-stopping.
Look at that alt and speed plot.
Pilots called MAYDAY shortly after take-off, declaring that the plane was totally uncontrollable.
They kept requesting vectors to the ocean for a ditching (preferably in some zone with better weather), ATC kept providing vectors, but they were unable to to keep a straight heading (or altitude, or speed). This lasted several minuted with the plane all over the sky around Lisbon.
Portugal dispatched F-16s to assist, eventually they could regain control and landed safely in the Beja military base.
The VASAviation video (ATC audio and Flightradar24 tracking) is hart-stopping.
Look at that alt and speed plot.
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