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In the midst of this chaos, just a few hundred feet above the ocean, the first officer yelled for the captain to pull up. With limited time to act, the captain yanked back on the control column — a desperate move that pulled the massive aircraft away from the brink of disaster.
As the plane once again pointed skyward, the pilots regained tenuous control, shifting into a climb at breakneck speed. The passengers, largely unaware of the crisis unfolding in the cockpit, were thrown violently against their seats amidst the shrieks of alarm and the roar of the engines.