Mawbol Skies Flight 882 and Cornia Airways Flight 207 Crash

== Crash ==
On the 5th of June, 1992, Mawbol Skies Flight 882 was en route from Marannia International Airport to North Rakul International Airport. The aircraft was an Airmenneria P-303, a state-of-the-art jumbo jet suited for up to 250 passengers. The route was well-trafficked and a popular route. Flight 882 had 134 passengers aboard and 7 crew. Pilot Andrew Whitehouse and First Officer Lee Burns had already made the route on the same day, and this was their second of third time in the day to fly the Marannia-North Yellow City round trip route that day. 882 began boarding at 10:14 AM and was cleared by tower control for taxiing down Runway 12B at 10:23 AM. The plane was cleared for takeoff at 10:37 AM and took off without incident. The jet ascended to 35,000 ft. cruising altitude with ease. The plane ride was smooth aside from minor turbulence over the Luoman area and reached the North Rakul City airspace in about 3 hours time. The plane connected with air traffic controller Terry Jackson Jr. Meanwhile, Cornia Airways Flight 207 was finishing the last leg of its flight from Pallia to North Rakul and planning to land. Flight 207 had 98 passengers aboard and 6 crew members. Captain Charles Starn of Flight 207 made contact with Jackson around the same time as Whitehouse. Jackson's attention was diverted from the two jets momentarily by an incoming Air Akail jet landing. Once the jet had successfully landed, Jackson's attention was brought back to Flights 207 and 882. The planes appeared to be heading in a similar direction, though both pilots knew their assigned runways and Jackson assumed they were further than they seemed. Suddenly, Flight 882's TCAS system began warning the pilots of an incoming collision. Moments later, 207's TCAS system did the same. Flight 207 chose to ask Jackson while Flight 882 chose to listen to the TCAS system. Jackson instructed Flight 207 to pull up. However, unbeknownst to him, Flight 882's TCAS system was also instructing them to pull the plane up. Before anyone could react, the nose of Flight 882 slammed into Flight 207's fuselage. A fiery explosion engulfed both jets and they fell to the ground. One luggage handler, Thomas Baker, was crushed by a piece of the plane's tail, and he became the accident's only ground casualty. Firetrucks from the airport arrived to the scene in minutes. The fire was put out and the firemen began looking for survivors. A quarter of the airport's runways were temporarily shut down while air crash investigators from the Mawbol Department of Transportation arrived at the scene. The human remains and pieces of evidence were collected. Flight 207's blackbox and cockpit voice recordings were not severely damaged, however flight 882's were. Five survivors from Flight 207 were found - a 29 year old air stewardess, a 53 year old man, a 5 year old child, a 17 year old boy, and a 38 year old man. All had critical injuries and two would be left disabled for life. Flight 882 had no survivors. The total casualties in the incident were 241, 99 on Cornia Airways Flight 207 and 141 on Mawbol Skies Flight 882, plus one ground casualty.
== Investigation ==
\Following the crash, fire crews and paramedics rushed to the scene. The five survivors were brought to the nearest hospital by paramedics, however it was extremely difficult to sift through the massive amounts of debris and human remains to find survivors. Autopsies show that at least 3 passengers survived the initial crash and impact but died in the following minutes as a result of fire and smoke inhalation. In the air traffic control tower, controller Jackson who had inadvertently caused the crash was alerted of the incident. He said nothing and left the room. Airport officials had to postpone at least 15 flights due to the field of debris covering the runways. Investigators and morticians arrived shortly as well. Investigators were tasked with finding crucial evidence and marking it, while morticians would find traces of human remains and mark them as well. Investigators were able to salvage the cockpit voice recorder of Cornia Airways’ flight, but not Mawbol Skies’. Both black boxes were heavily damaged but salvageable. The investigation into the deadliest peacetime aviation incident yet in Mawbol would begin. Originally, controller Terry Jackson Jr. was a prime suspect in the catastrophe but after listening through recordings, witness interviews, and more, it was determined that he was not at fault. The investigators determined that the conflicting orders between the controller and the plane’s built-in TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) system may have had an error that resulted in the conflicting instructions. The next question that they wanted to answer was why exactly the two planes were so close to each other. They should have been in completely different runways, and they were attempting to land on the same runway when they collided. Recordings and records from the controller show that there may have been confusion and a possible language barrier between controller Terry Jackson Jr. and Cornia Airways pilot Charles Starn. Jackson had little knowledge of Inglosh and Starn had little knowledge of Kobalt. Because of this, “runway 16C” may have been mistaken for “6C,” and the pilots were diverted to a runway that unbeknownst to them, had a plane landing at at the exact same time.
== Eyewitness Accounts ==
Being at a major airport, plenty of people witnessed the collision first-hand. 
Jonathan Faulkner - 22 (Witness from Airport) - I was sitting in the airport lobby and waiting for my plane. I saw at one of the gates that a P-303 would be landing soon. I'm quite an aviation enthusiast myself and brought out my camera to record it. I saw the other plane landing and I thought it was kinda weird that they were so close, but I kept recording. Suddenly, I saw them both pulling up and I knew what was about to happen. I wanted to look away, but I just couldn't. I just sat there, stared in disbelief, and recorded. I didn't know what was happening, why, but I saw it and it haunts me to this day. I had no clue how many people were in the aircraft, if anyone survived. I quite frankly didn't want to ever know. 
Alan Garcia - 38 (Passenger) - I was flying that day, it was really nothing out of the ordinary. My business partner lives in North Rakul so I fly this route quite frequently, and I think I’d flown with these exact same pilots before. I didn’t know anything was wrong up until those brutal last few seconds. It really did just seem like an ordinary flight and everyone thought we were about to land normally. Only when that turn happened, I knew something was wrong. Nobody barely had any time to scream. I really don’t know what happened for long after that, I’ve tried to suppress the memory. I woke up at a hospital, all my family members were there and half of my left leg was gone. The only thing that’s really made me feel better about the incident is knowing that I had considered flying first-class, and if I had gone through with that, I most certainly would have perished.
Terry Jackson Jr - 42 (Air Traffic Controller) - It was really any other day, I had done the routine hundreds of times before. I was pretty stressed that day, it was hard to talk to two huge jets at the exact same time. I don't think the Cornian pilot spoke Kobalt very well, I had a suspicion he misinterpreted something but only when it actually happened did I realise it. When both planes disappeared from the radar, I knew what happened but I also couldn't bring myself to realise it. Once I finally heard what happened, I was stunned. I physically could not bring myself to say anything. 
== Survivors ==
Alan Garcia (38, now 68) - Alan Garcia is a businessman from Pallia. He was seated on the right side of the plane towards the back. Following the crash, his left leg had to be amputated. He developed severe depression following the crash, though he overcame it and is now a successful Pallia businessman and he went on to found a successful company. He retired in 2016.
Jason Thomas (5, now 35) - Jason Thomas is a taxi driver who formerly lived in Pallia. He was visiting grandparents in North Rakul with his parents. He was seated on the left side of the plane towards the back. Both of his parents were killed in the crash, and he sustained 2 broken limbs. He was raised by his grandparents in North Rakul.
Natal Rooney (17, now 47) - Natal Rooney is a chef who was visiting his biological mother in North Rakul by himself. He was sitting in the second-to-last seat of the plane on the right half of the plane. He fractured his hip in the crash and broke his right arm. After majoring in food sciences at South Pallia University, he became a fairly successful chef at an upscale restaurant in downtown Pallia.
Jessica Elliot (29, now 59) - Jessica Elliot is a flight attendant from North Rakul, Mawbol. She was at the very back of the plane in the flight crew's quarters during the impact. She experienced a severe head injury and her left arm was severely damaged, which resulted in the lower half being amputated. Despite the incident, she continued her career as a flight attendant until 2020 when she retired.
Thomas Sherman (53, would be 83 now) - Thomas Sherman was a man from Yellow City, Mawbol who was returning from a vacation in Cornia. His right wrist was fractured in the crash and he experienced multiple other injuries such as whiplash, and multiple broken or sprained limbs. After the crash, he retired from his job as a construction worker and lived out the rest of his days at his house in Yellow City. He died of a stroke in 2019.
== Recordings ==
=== ATC-Flight 882 ===
WHITEHOUSE: MS882 to North Rakul tower control, we are preparing to land.
JACKSON: Affirmative, you are cleared for landing at active runway 6C.
WHITEHOUSE: Roger.
JACKSON: Apologies, sir, hold on for a second. We are dealing with a rather large jet landing.
WHITEHOUSE: Okay.
JACKSON: Okay, the situation has been handled. 
WHITEHOUSE: Affirmative, we see the runway and are on approach.
BURNS: Oh, what the hell is this idiot doing?
JACKSON: MS882, is there a problem?
WHITEHOUSE: Pulling up right now, I don't know what on earth this bastard is doing.
BURNS: Yeah, uh, I think we have it figured out. 
JACKSON: Okay, prepare for taxiing on 6C, beware of CA207 as it is landing not far from you.
WHITEHOUSE: Roger.
BURNS: JESUS CHRIST!
WHITEHOUSE: WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING?
*static*
JACKSON: MS882, we've lost contact, do you read me?
JACKSON: Tower control to Mawbol Skies 882. We've lost contact, do you read me?
JACKSON: Dear lord...
=== ATC-Flight 207 ===
STARN: Uh, this is Cornia Airways Flight 207, we're preparing for landing at North Rakul.
JACKSON: Hello, this is North Rakul tower control. You are clear for landing at runway 16C
STARN, mumbling: did he say 16?
JACKSON: Sorry, I didn't catch that, sir.
STARN: No, it's not a problem.
JACKSON. Affirmative, do you see the runway?
STARN: Yeah, I think we do.
STARN: Oh god...
HUNT: Shit... 
JACKSON: Is there an issue, sir?
STARN: Yeah, we just got a TCAS alert. 
JACKSON: Okay, pull up and wait to land until the second jet has successfully landed.
HUNT: Got it.
STARN: Oh lord, he's -
HUNT: TURN!
JACKSON: What is the issue?
*static*
JACKSON: No, no, no! Not another one!
JACKSON: Tower control to Cornia Airways 207, we've lost all connection.
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