Achter de tragedie – Wanneer het donker wordt: piloten die kiezen voor de dood voor zichzelf en anderen, geestelijke gezondheid en de dodelijke gevolgen.
Behind the Tragedy – When the Sky Falls: Pilots Who Choose Death for Themselves and Others, Mental Health, and the Deadly Consequences.

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Explore the tragic reality behind pilots who crash their planes on purpose. Delve into the mental health struggles, deadly consequences, and the human stories behind these devastating acts.
The Limits of Reason: Justice, Betrayal, and the Dark Corners of the Soul
The notion of a pilot intentionally crashing a plane is almost beyond comprehension. It transcends reason, common sense, and the boundaries of what we can fathom as human beings. In Deadly Intent: Pilots Who Crash Their Planes on Purpose, we seek to understand not just the events themselves, but the deep, often invisible struggles that drive such actions. For many, the idea that someone would hijack their own aircraft and choose death—both for themselves and for others—is unfathomable. Even experts in the field, when confronted with this reality, find it difficult to fully grasp the psychological and emotional forces at play.
This tragedy, however, mirrors a broader question that spans multiple areas of life and justice: How is it that such catastrophic breaches of trust and reason can occur, even when the stakes are the highest? Diederik Stapel’s manipulation of science, Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, and the British Post Office scandal—all highlight systems where lies and deceit caused irreparable harm to countless lives. In these cases, the betrayal of truth, power, and humanity echoes the same disregard for life and justice seen in the pilots’ actions. Each case forces us to confront the darkest aspects of human behavior, where systems designed to protect and uplift fail to safeguard those they’re meant to serve.
Justice and Accountability:
These tragedies lead us to the biggest questions of justice, where individual and collective failures manifest in profound ways. What happens when those in power, or those entrusted with responsibility, act not with care or reason, but with disregard for the consequences of their actions?
Mental Health, Despair, and Systemic Failures:
This page delves into these questions, exploring the intersection of mental health, personal despair, and the broader societal structures that allow such unimaginable acts to unfold. It forces us to reflect on the very nature of justice, accountability, and the human capacity for destruction.
De Grens van de Rede: Rechtvaardigheid, Verraad en de Donkere Hoeken van de Ziel
Het idee dat een piloot opzettelijk een vliegtuig laat neerstorten, is bijna onbegrijpelijk. Het overstijgt de rede, het gezond verstand en de grenzen van wat wij als mensen kunnen bevatten. Dodelijke Intentie: Piloten die hun Vliegtuig Opzettelijk Neerstorten onderzoekt niet alleen deze gebeurtenissen zelf, maar ook de diepe, vaak onzichtbare worstelingen die zulke daden aandrijven. Voor velen is het idee dat iemand zijn eigen vliegtuig kapert en de dood kiest—zowel voor zichzelf als voor anderen—onbegrijpelijk. Zelfs experts op dit gebied vinden het moeilijk om de psychologische en emotionele krachten die hierbij spelen volledig te begrijpen.
Deze tragedie weerspiegelt echter een bredere vraag die zich uitstrekt over meerdere gebieden van het leven en rechtvaardigheid: hoe is het mogelijk dat zulke catastrofale schendingen van vertrouwen en rede kunnen plaatsvinden, zelfs wanneer de inzet het hoogst is? Diederik Stapel’s manipulatie van de wetenschap, Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi-schema en het Post Office-schandaal in Groot-Brittannië—allemaal benadrukken systemen waar leugens en bedrog onherstelbare schade aanrichtten voor talloze levens. In deze gevallen weerspiegelt het verraad van de waarheid, macht en menselijkheid hetzelfde gebrek aan respect voor leven en rechtvaardigheid als bij de acties van de piloten. Elk van deze gevallen dwingt ons de donkerste aspecten van menselijk gedrag onder ogen te zien, waar systemen die bedoeld zijn om te beschermen en te ondersteunen, faalden in het waarborgen van de mensen die zij moesten dienen.
Rechtvaardigheid en Verantwoording
Deze tragedies leiden ons naar de grootste vragen van rechtvaardigheid, waar zowel individuele als collectieve mislukkingen zich op diepgaande manieren manifesteren. Wat gebeurt er wanneer degenen die macht hebben, of degenen die verantwoordelijkheid dragen, niet handelen met zorg of rede, maar met een totaal gebrek aan begrip voor de gevolgen van hun daden?
Geestelijke Gezondheid, Wanhoop en Systemische Mislukkingen
Deze pagina duikt in deze vragen en onderzoekt de kruising van geestelijke gezondheid, persoonlijke wanhoop en de bredere maatschappelijke structuren die zulke onvoorstelbare daden mogelijk maken. Het dwingt ons te reflecteren op de ware aard van rechtvaardigheid, verantwoording en de menselijke capaciteit voor vernietiging.
Deadly intent: the pilots who crash their planes on purpose | 7NEWS Spotlight
Pilots who crash on purpose? The shocking truth behind aviation’s darkest disasters
28 jul 2025 #planecrash #aviationdisaster #airindiacrash
It was a routine take-off on a scorching afternoon in Ahmedabad just last month. But 39 seconds after leaving the runway, Air India Flight 171 was engulfed in flames – crashing into buildings and killing 261 people.
7NEWS Spotlight investigates the terrifying rise of pilot-perpetrated disasters, where the person trusted to fly the plane becomes the greatest threat on board.
In a global investigation spanning India, the US, UK and Australia, reporter Ashlee Mullany pieces together the final moments of Flight 171 using cockpit recordings, black box data and a world-first simulator recreation.
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The Captain That Got Stuck Outside Of The Plane! | Blow Out | FULL EPISODE | Mayday: Air Disaster
10 sep 2021 UNITED STATES
June 10, 1990 – the 84 passengers boarding British Airways Flight 111 in Birmingham, England, with many are heading to Malaga, Spain for a Mediterranean vacation.
The plane takes off without a hitch but within minutes, a loud bang is heard from the cockpit and the cabin immediately fills with fog. The front windshield has completely blown off, sucking the captain through the opening. The plane is flying at an altitude of 17 000 feet. Captain Tim Lancaster is plastered to the outside of the plane, his legs tangled in the control column, which is the only reason he hasn’t hurtled off into the sky. But the captain’s feet have also pushed the plane’s controls forward into a steep dive.
Are you able to figure out why the captain was sucked through the opening window on Flight 111?
Season 2 Episode 1 “Blow Out”: On Flight 111, the co-pilot, Alastair Atchinson, is in a desperate situation. The captain has been sucked out of the cockpit and is stuck outside of the plane. After wrestling the plane for another twenty-two minutes the co-pilot manages an emergency landing in Southampton. Miraculously, the captain is alive and is revived in a local hospital – suffering shock, frostbite, and broken ribs.
Welcome to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster YouTube Channel.
Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget.
Tenerife Airport DISASTER! | Crash Of The Century | Mayday: Air Disaster
In première gegaan op 1 apr 2022 UNITED STATES
March 27, 1977. At 2pm in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands where a terrible tragedy was about to unfold.
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On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners, blanketed in fog. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead.
To explain how it happened, Crash of the Century reconstructs the moments leading up to this devastating event.
Welcome to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster YouTube Channel.
Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget.
The Captain That Got Stuck Outside Of The Plane! | Blow Out | FULL EPISODE | Mayday: Air Disaster
10 sep 2021 UNITED STATES
June 10, 1990 – the 84 passengers boarding British Airways Flight 111 in Birmingham, England, with many are heading to Malaga, Spain for a Mediterranean vacation.
The plane takes off without a hitch but within minutes, a loud bang is heard from the cockpit and the cabin immediately fills with fog. The front windshield has completely blown off, sucking the captain through the opening. The plane is flying at an altitude of 17 000 feet. Captain Tim Lancaster is plastered to the outside of the plane, his legs tangled in the control column, which is the only reason he hasn’t hurtled off into the sky. But the captain’s feet have also pushed the plane’s controls forward into a steep dive.
Are you able to figure out why the captain was sucked through the opening window on Flight 111?
Season 2 Episode 1 “Blow Out”: On Flight 111, the co-pilot, Alastair Atchinson, is in a desperate situation. The captain has been sucked out of the cockpit and is stuck outside of the plane. After wrestling the plane for another twenty-two minutes the co-pilot manages an emergency landing in Southampton. Miraculously, the captain is alive and is revived in a local hospital – suffering shock, frostbite, and broken ribs.
Welcome to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster YouTube Channel.
Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget.
SilkAir Flight 185 Airplane Crash || Plane Crash Disaster || Disaster Documentary
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In December of 1997, one of the most horrific plane crashes in history took place. While the number of deaths was extensive, it was not the death toll alone that made this flight so horrendous. It was the fact that the plane was brought down intentionally by the person all the passengers and staff expected to keep them safe: the pilot. SilkAir Flight 185 is a shocking story of suicide by pilot. This documentary about the crash explores the details from takeoff to crash and also looks into the pilot’s background to determine possible motivation for committing such a heinous act.
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