1,922,042 views
"You can't say 'last flight' in aviation" In 1995, the IL-76 TD 76842 transport plane with a Russian crew was captured by the Taliban in Kandahar. The pilots spent more than a year in captivity, hoping for help from Russia through diplomatic channels. Their efforts were in vain - and the crew decided to escape. Their feat formed the basis for the famous film "Kandahar", but how did the events unfold in reality? We talked about life in captivity and the daring hijacking of an airplane right from under the noses of the militants with the main character of those events - pilot Vladimir Sharpatov 00:00 Teaser 01:40 "I returned to my homeland from captivity, where I was for a year and 13 days" 02:10 How the pilots ended up in captivity 04:30 "Come in to land, I open fire!" 07:21 "They took me to Mullah Omar himself for interrogation" 09:46 "We slept on a concrete floor, with a fist as a pillow" 11:12 "I'm sitting here crying": what made the commander cry? 12:00 How diplomats tried to get the pilots out 13:00 How the escape plan came about 16:29 "If they shoot us down, they will", escape 24:45 "I left my nerves in Kandahar" #spectrum #Kandahar #pilots