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The tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the sail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. >> the first officer makes several radio calls that says that we're in uncontrollable flight. we do not have control of the airplane. they're fighting literally for their lives. >> the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillations, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he's not having an effect. >> the pi...

The tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. >> the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we're in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they're fighting literally for their lives. >> the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do, as far as flight control inputs, he's not having an effect. >> the pilots...

Have expanded to the breaking point and snapped. it's the aft pressure bulkhead, an umbrella-shaped structure toward the back of the plane. >> it's the device that keeps the pressure in the back part of the airplane contained properly. without that aft pressure bulkhead you can't pressurize the tube and you wouldn't be able to breathe at 35,000 feet without the use of pressurized supplemental oxygen. >> the back of the airplane is getting a considerable amount of stress, not only from the pressurization, but also from the tail and all the stresses of flight. that bulkhead is very, very robust....

Enunbeknownst to the pilot, the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. >> the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we're in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they're fighting literally for their lives. >> the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he's not havi...

Blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. >> the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we're in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they're fighting literally for their lives. >> the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back and forth. and no matter what the pilot tries to do as far as flight control inputs, he's not having an effect. >> the pilots fight desperately for...