On suddenly spotting a ridge looming Coming_to_be directly ahead , pilot William L. Lewis cut the engine and `` pancaked '' onto the hillside to reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the force of the impact Influence .

The country 's ubiquitous secret police force , the Securitate , which was both one of the largest in the Eastern Bloc and for decades had been the main suppressor of popular dissension , frequently and violently quashing political disagreement , ultimately proved incapable of stopping the looming , and then highly fatal and successful revolt .