The Indian pilot told Prime Minister Modi, in a video call from a hospital bed in Abu Dhabi, that he managed to open the cockpit door to ask for help, according to Reuters.

The account was recorded in a nearly 10-minute clip released on the prime minister’s social media channels. The jet, with 174 people on board, plunged nearly 14,000 ft (4,267 m) in less than 30 seconds in the incident.