Pilot reportedly pushed aircraft to near‑sonic speed, causing vertical stabilizer damage
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- Todor Panev said he has never heard of a plane hijacking involving a cold weapon and described a second pilot’s attempt to break the plane that created real danger for passengers.
- He said the pilot pressed his feet to increase vertical speed, potentially reaching 0.8 of the speed of sound, and that exceeding that speed could cause the aircraft to start disintegrating with control elements detaching; after landing, a part of the vertical stabilizer was missing, indicating the critical speed had been reached, and many passengers felt fear during the incident.
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