For the veteran pilot, the experience that followed was the most heightened time of his life. It was the most alive I've felt in my life. You see everything, you hear everything, you're a sponge. Al Haynes exchanged are aired for the first time on television. Although a disclaimer indicates the recording was not provided by official sources, it does proclaim its authenticity.
Profanity is intact, concern is notable.
Clearly, the crew is much more composed than one might think. In truth, Fitch says, the emergency was something no one could anticipate. Still, Fitch had an idea, he pitched it to Haynes and the team went to work. When the plane crashed, Fitch received multiple lacerations and compression fractures, a punctured lung, broken ribs and severe dislocation of his left shoulder. Worse yet, the radial nerve that connects his brain and his right arm was shredded, threatening to end his career.