Aftermath Page #2

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we talked to the airport.

Everything's in order.

Runway confirmed.

Ef 1-3-5, this is tower c,

copy that.

Ax 1-1-2, ax 1-1-2!

Ax 1-1-2! Do you copy?

Ax 1-1-2, do you copy?

Ax 1-1-2!

Hey, Jake, have a seat.

Two planes collided

in the air at high altitude.

Apparently, there's

wreckage from both planes

in a valley several

miles west of the 18.

It's unlikely anybody survived.

How many dead?

We don't know.

How many people

were on those planes?

We don't know, Jake.

Oh, my god,

how many people are dead?

Jake, listen to me.

Jake, Jake listen to me.

We don't know what happened.

No one's accusing

you of anything.

- I didn't do anything!

- We understand, Jake.

No one is saying

you did anything.

We're trying to find

out what happened.

We need you to keep it together

because we gotta figure this out.

Do you hear me, Jake?

No one's accusing

you of anything.

We're just doing

an investigation...

- Listen to me, Jake.

- We need your help.

It's very important you

keep it together, alright?

Thank you.

Let's go over it all again.

Step by step, all right?

You arrived at the

control room at 22:05.

You sat at your station.

At approximately 22:20

you stepped out

for a cup of coffee.

You came back

five minutes later.

At 22:
25 Thomas told you

he was gonna take a break

and he left his station.

At 22:
30 flight ax-112

requested permission

to descend to 10,000 feet.

At 22:
33, two technicians

entered the control room

to do some maintenance work

on the phone lines.

You went to Thomas' station

to process the other planes.

You called Pittsburgh, but

the phone line wasn't working.

Meanwhile, flight ax-112

confirms its new altitude.

I'm gonna be a little late picking

up Samuel. Can you call me?

My sister just called and she

heard something on the radio.

Can you call me, please?

Jake, can you call?

Jake, call me back, please!

At 22:
45 you contact the airbus

and tell it to communicate

directly with the airport.

Without your headphones

you never heard flight dh-616

alerting you

it was about to descend.

Jake. Jake.

Don't speak to anyone, okay?

Don't answer your phone, don't leave

the house, don't go anywhere.

We'll speak again tomorrow.

Is that clear?

Jake.

Be strong, buddy.

The two

planes collided in the air

at more than 8,000 feet for reasons

that have not yet been determined.

Family members are

coming to the scene,

trying to get any

information that they can.

Passengers were on board,

including the crew.

175 American citizens, 38

German, 37 Russian, 18 French,

two Ukrainian and one Spanish.

The two airlines involved

have released a joint statement

regretting the accident and

assuring that they are already

fully cooperating

with investigators

in order to clarify

what happened.

Six on your side reporting,

yolanda Harris joining us now,

live from the scene

of the crash. Yolanda?

We're live on the

scene of the tragic accident.

Yeah?

Mr. melnyk, it's Eve Sanders.

We spoke yesterday.

How are you feeling today?

Fine.

Were you able to sleep?

- Have you rested at all?

- Yes.

Good. Like I said, I think

it might help if you come

to the family support center.

Trying to find any evidence...

In the area Hazmat crews, fire

and police are on the scene.

The Hazmat crews and the... there

are going through the debris...

- Hi, are you here to help with the search?

- Yes.

Are you a relative or

friend of any of the victims?

No.

Alright, can I see

some ID please?

Yeah, sure.

Alright Mr. fox, have you ever

been in a similar situation?

Ever helped out with other accidents

or worked with victims before?

- Yes.

- Alright, good, do me a favor,

read that thoroughly

and fill it out.

Go wait by the truck,

I'll be over in a minute.

Thank you.

Yeah, hi, are you with him?

- Yeah.

- Can I see some ID please?

Okay, good, do me a favor,

join your buddy.

Read that and fill it out.

Go over by the truck,

I'll bring over your

equipment in a minute.

Nadiya!

Nadiya.

Nadiya.

Nadiya!

Olena... nadiya.

Sweetie.

You know you're not allowed

to be out here all alone.

- Where's your dad?

- I don't know,

I haven't seen him

since this morning.

Come on, is he inside?

Hey, man, get up!

Come on, man, don't make me

call the cops again, let's go.

I'm sorry, man,

but every time you spend

the night out here,

i get in trouble.

So let's go, let's go.

It will probably be frustrating

to look for one person to blame,

because what happened was much

more complicated than that.

Daddy?

Samuel.

What are you doing there?

Just watching TV, I can't sleep.

Can you not sleep either?

I'm not sleepy. I'm hungry.

Let's make breakfast.

You know... I'm hungry, too.

Come on.

Who were the people

directly involved in the events

we have just described?

Let's start

with the control room.

Jake bonanos and Thomas fichman.

After analyzing all the

information from the black boxes,

testimonies from

the people involved,

evidence found on the sites

and all the other data

made available to the press,

we can arrive

at some conclusions...

Smell.

Mm... green chilies,

vinegar, garlic, thyme.

I love thyme.

First, there was

only one air traffic controller

in the control room

managing the airspace.

Jake!

I thought we agreed, no news.

- Good morning, mommy.

- Good morning, Christina.

- So early, huh?

- Are you hungry?

Okay.

Alright, dig in.

- It's raw.

- Hey, what are you doing?

- It's raw!

- Christina, what are you doing?

- Jake, let go.

- Christina!

- Jake, let go.

- What are you doing?

- Let... Jake, let go!

- Goddammit!

It's okay we just

spilled it, it's okay.

This stops now.

You can do this

however you have to,

but you don't get to

do it to him, okay?

Do what? We're making breakfast.

Come on, back to bed.

- Come on.

- Stop...

You stop!

Christina, get back over here!

Oh, I don't like

you recording me!

What is this?

Mama, I love it.

Thank you, I love you.

Mr. melnyk?

Mr. melnyk?

My name is Tessa corbett,

I'm a journalist.

I know you're in there.

I don't want to bother you,

i just came 'cause I wanted to

share some of my

articles with you.

I'm writing a book

about the accident

and I'd like to ask

you a few questions.

You'll see from my articles that I'm trying

to be faithful and respectful to the facts.

Take a look if you get a chance.

I'll come back

and see what you think.

Roman. You haven't answered

my calls for days,

I thought I'd stop by.

Oh, I'm sorry, but my house

isn't presentable right now.

You haven't seen mine.

Hey, my wife made meatballs and she

insisted that I bring you some.

She makes them with mushrooms,

they're awesome.

- So, how is work?

- Same old.

Everything goes a little more

slowly without you there.

Hey, I don't mean

anything by that.

You come back

whenever you're ready.

So, how are you?

Are you feeling any better?

No.

Yes, better.

Better, it's just...

I need to get

organized around here.

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