Via Reuters, the following is their translation of the final moments from the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others on 10 April at Smolensk in western Russia.
I am not sure how they train pilots over there but I am pretty sure that when the plane says PULL UP you do just that instead of continuing to try and land when you cant see what you are landing on.
10:40:06 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN
AHEAD
10:40:32 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN
AHEAD
10:40:39 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN
AHEAD
(100 metres)
10:40:42 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:44 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:46 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN
AHEAD
(100 metres)
10:40:49 SECOND PILOT: As normal
(90 metres)
WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
(80 metres)
10:40:50 SECOND PILOT: We are re-ascending
10:41:51 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
(60 metres)
(50 metres)
10:40:52 (air control urges pilots to halt descent)
(40 metres)
10:40:53 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
(30 metres)
10:40:54 (air control urges pilots to halt descent)
(20 metres)
10:40:56 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:58 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:59 (sound of hitting a tree)
10:41:00 SECOND PILOT: Fuck!
WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:41:02 AIR CONTROL: Re-ascend for second circle
UNIDENTIFIED: (shout) Fuuuuuuck.
10:41:05 (transcript ends)
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