The revelations related to the Flydubai flight that shook the international aviation world are surprising everyone. Amidst the stories of the bloody encounter between the two pilots in the cockpit and the heroic handling of the plane by passengers and off-duty crew, another important aspect has now come to light. In this entire incident, the strong and state-of-the-art design of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft has played an important role in averting a major disaster, surpassing all estimates. Despite an almost vertical dive in the air and coming very close to death, the plane landed safely at an airport in Saudi Arabia with more than 170 passengers and crew on board. US President Donald Trump has also openly praised this strong engineering design of Boeing. The plane went out of control and fell down after the attack on the cockpit. During the incident, the plane was completely out of control after the co-pilot made a sudden fatal attack on the chief pilot Captain Smit Mosquito. The impact of the attack caused the aircraft to dive dangerously downwards, then suddenly rise up and again fall rapidly. According to data from Flightradar24, there came a time when this plane was descending at a terrible and unimaginable speed of 32,000 feet per minute. During this, the passengers on board the plane had to face extreme gravitational force (G-Force), like fighter pilots and astronauts, which was unprecedented for any normal civilian flight. The bravery of the injured Captain Smit Mosquito and the wise action of the passengers. Despite being seriously injured and covered in blood, the chief pilot Captain Smit Mosquito gathered his last strength and opened the cockpit door from inside, which can normally be opened only from the inside. Speaking to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on phone from the hospital, Captain Smit recalled his struggle and said that he had realized that the plane was falling straight towards the ground. As soon as the cockpit door opened, an alert passenger named Yaniv Hayoon and other crew members immediately jumped in and overpowered the attacker. Passenger Hayun later said that he regularly watches National Geographic's popular show 'Air Crash Investigation', which helped him quickly understand the emergency and take appropriate action. After this the off-duty pilots traveling in the aircraft took command. The traditional horn-shaped central control system of the Boeing 737 made emergency handling much easier during this crisis than the side-sticks of the Airbus. The speed reached close to the speed of sound and the rudder was torn. When the plane was inspected after a safe landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, the pictures showed that the rudder of the plane was torn. During this rapid dive the aircraft's maximum speed reached approximately 1110 kilometers per hour, well above normal maximum operating range (about 630 miles per hour) and very close to the speed of sound at that altitude. Aviation experts say that any commercial aircraft is tested during its certification to extremes which are never even imagined in normal flights. According to Bob Stoney, a former test pilot for the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aircraft's wings and main structure are designed to withstand such unusual conditions and heavy pressure. The breakage of the rudder during landing was a very serious challenge, but the strong structural design of the aircraft successfully withstood this unprecedented stress.
