May 7, 1964 – Pacific Air Lines

“Skipper’s shot! We’ve been shot. I was trying to help.”

June 30, 1967 – Thai International

“I have no radar contact with you.”

January 5, 1969 – Ariana Afghan Airlines

“We’re finished!”

July 5, 1970 – Air Canada

“Pete, sorry.”

December 29, 1972 – Eastern Air Lines

“Hey, what’s happening here?”

March 27, 1977 – Pan Am/KLM

“There he is…look at him! Goddamn that son-of-a-bitch is coming! Get off!”

September 25, 1978 – Pacific Southwest Airlines

“Ma, I love you.”

December 23, 1978 – Alitalia

“So he gave us wrong indications. We thought we were to the left.”

December 28, 1978 – United Airlines

“United 173, Mayday! We’re…the engines are flaming out — we’re going down!”

November 28, 1979 – Air New Zealand

“Actually, these conditions don’t look very good at all, do they?”

August 19, 1980 – Saudi Arabian Airlines

“No need for that, we are okay, no problem, no problem.”

January 13, 1982 – Air Florida

“Larry, we’re going down, Larry…” “I know it!”

June 8, 1988 – VASP

“What? There’s what? Some hills, isn’t there?”

August 31, 1986 – Aeromexico

“Oh, this can’t be! Oh, this can’t be!”

May 9, 1987 – LOT Polish Airlines

“Goodnight, goodbye, we perish!”

November 28, 1987 – South African Airways

“We have, er, a smoke problem and we are doing an emergency descent!”

August 31, 1988 – Delta Airlines

“We got an engine failure. We’re not gonna make it. Full power…”

February 8, 1989 – Independent Air

“Can’t keep this SOB thing straight up and down.”

February 24, 1989 – United Airlines

“What the hell was that?” “I don’t know.”

June 7, 1989 – Surinam Airways

“That’s it, I’m dead.”

August 18, 1993 – American International Airways

“There it goes, there it goes! Oh no!”

April 26, 1994 – China Airlines

“It’s OK, it’s OK, don’t hurry, don’t hurry.”

September 8, 1994 – USAir

“Hang on. What the hell is this?”

October 31, 1994 – American Eagle

“OK, mellow it out, mellow it out.”

December 13, 1994 – American Eagle

“Why’s that ignition light on? We just had a flame-out?”

August 21, 1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines

“Amy, I love you.”

December 20, 1995 – American Airlines

“Uh…where are we.”

May 11, 1996 – Valujet

“Uh, smoke in the cockpit…smoke in the cabin.”

August 29, 1996 – Vnokovo Airlines

“Mountains!”

October 2, 1996 – Aeroperu

“What shit have they done?”

February 16, 1998 – China Airlines

“Oh my God! Oh my God!”

October 31, 1999 – Egypt Air

“I rely on God.”

January 31, 2000 – Alaska Airlines

“Ah here we go.”

July 4, 2001 – Vladivostokavia

“That’s all guys! Fuck!”

September 11, 2001 – United Airlines

“When they all come, we finish it off.”

November 12, 2001 – American Airlines

“What the hell are we into? We’re stuck in it.”

June 22, 2003 – Brit Air

“I have nothing in front of me.”

August 27, 2006 – Comair

“That’s weird with no lights.”

June 1, 2009 – Air France

“Damn it, we’re going to crash…this can’t be happening!”

April 10, 2010 – Polish Air Force

“Fuuuuuuuuck!”