Both Pilots Lost Consciousness at 38,000 Feet and an 11-Year-Old Girl Stepped Forward
For several endless seconds, the radio channel remained silent. On the ground, air traffic controllers stared at their screens, waiting for a response that didn’t come. A commercial aircraft cruising at thirty-eight thousand feet had stopped answering routine check-ins. No alarms had sounded yet, but the absence of a human voice was enough to tighten…