…r fear that I would be unable to add anything new or profound to an already rather well-known tale. However, reading over the cockpit voice recorder transcript, I was struck by the professionalism and bravery of Leul Abate, and felt that it would be a disservice not to reproduce that transcript in its entirety, so that my readers may see for themselves what he accomplished. For four hours, he toed the line between twin disasters, staring down the profoundly irrational and…
