In 2009, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during its journey from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people onboard.

The tragedy began when the plane’s pitot tubes iced over, causing faulty speed readings and disabling the autopilot.

As the aircraft encountered a storm, the pilots received confusing data and mistakenly “raised the nose” of the plane—causing it to stall. In just four minutes, the A330 plunged 11,500 meters. Cockpit recordings captured the panic as the crew struggled to understand what was happening.