He said passengers were told that the landing had been aborted, and then he felt a "very violent manoeuvre" and "did think we could crash". He and his partner had to comfort a woman who "completely lost it and started screaming, 'I don't want to die'". Edward said: "The violent manoeuvre almost felt like it was avoiding another aircraft. The crew then flew the aircraft in a different mode called "alternate law", which removes some automated flight protection systems. After the violent manoeuvre I thought, there is definitely something very badly wrong here.