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(A copy of DeMary’s interview was published in the March 1995 issue of Cabin Crew Safety, a publication of the Flight Safety Foundation.)

Probably the first real sign of trouble…was the sinking sensation, knowing that this is just not right…hearing—knowing we were off the airport—and hearing ‘Terrain Terrain Terrain’ [recorded warning from the cockpit].

Hearing that, and then [followed] almost immediately [by] the impact and fortunately or unfortunately, you know, being conscious through the whole thing, the whole crashing process began. It happened so fast. Initially it was disbelief and then just the terrifying feeling that we’re crashing.

My recollection was that there were two impacts. You know, some people say there were three, but I remember two. The first impact with the ground, the sound of trees breaking, at that point knowing we were crashing—just the force of the impact was extremely violent, almost takes your breath away when you’re crashing like that. Then immediately after the first impact, the second [and] most violent impact, to me, is when I think we hit a tree. The aeroplane hit a tree, basically peeled back [that] one side of the aeroplane—broke the aeroplane apart into three sections. The nose section, with a few passenger seats, went off to the left.

I was in that section, the nose section. One part of the aeroplane—and I believe it was the centre part of the aeroplane—from the first class seats back to just past the emergency exit rows, I believe—I don’t know if this is proper to say—but it basically wrapped around a tree because that’s what happened. We hit a tree and [the aircraft broke into separate sections] and then the tail section proceeded to go into [the carport of a house].