PHOTOS: ‘There’s no fuel! We’re going down!’: Last Words of Colombia Crash Pilot
The desperate last words of the pilot flying the doomed jet carrying a Brazilian football team have emerged. Miguel Alejandro Quiroga Murakami pleaded on his radio as the jet carrying 77 passengers plummeted to its fate in the Colombian mountains killing 71 people on board. The conversation was heard by another pilot – Juan Sebastian Upegui – who was on the airwaves at the time and recalled his fellow airman’s last words. In his horrifying final call, Mr Quiroga declared an emergency before saying ‘there’s no fuel’, ‘we have total electronic failure’ and then screaming, ‘help us’ and ‘we’re going down’. Mr Quiroga said: ‘The GPS isn’t working, I don’t know what’s happening. ‘We have total electronic failure, total electronic failure. Vector to proceed for landing! ‘Now I don’t have radar contact. Vector to proceed for landing! Vector to proceed for landing! ‘We’re going down. Help us! Give us the vectors for the runway! Vectors for the runwa...