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INTRA-COCKPIT
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AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION |
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RDO
Radio transmission
from accident aircraft
CAM
Voice or sound
source recorded through cockpit area microphone
HOT
Voice or sound
source recorded through cockpit hot microphone
PA
Voice or sound
source recorded through public address system
JSAP
Voice or sound
source recorded through jump seat audio panel
-1
Voice identified
as Pilot-in-Command (PIC)
-2
Voice identified
as Co-Pilot
-3
Voice identified
as female flight attendant
-4
Voice identified
as male flight attendant
CTR-?
Radio transmission
from unidentified Center controller
CLE1
Radio transmission
from 1st Cleveland Center controller
CLE2
Radio transmission
from 2nd Cleveland Center controller
CLE3
Radio transmission
from 3rd Cleveland Center controller
CLE4
Radio transmission
from 4th Cleveland Center controller
ATIS
Radio transmission
from Pittsburgh air terminal information service
APR1
Radio transmission
from first Pittsburgh approach controller
APR2
Radio transmission
from second Pittsburgh approach controller
US1417
Radio transmission from USAir flight 1417
US1499
Radio transmission from USAir flight 1499
US1874
Radio transmission from USAir flight 1874
US1462
Radio transmission from USAir flight 1462
US1674
Radio transmission from USAir flight 1674
DL1083
Radio transmission from Delta flight 1083
US374
Radio transmission from USAir flight 374
285LM
Radio transmission
from aircraft 285 LM
US309
Radio transmission from USAir flight 309
*
Unintelligible word
@
Non pertinent word
#
Expletive
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Break in continuity
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Questionable insertion
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Editorial insertion
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Pause
Note: Times are expressed in eastern daylight time (EDT).
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1832:29
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CTR-? |
. . .
contact Chicago’s
Cleveland center one two six point niner seven. |
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1832:33
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RDO-1
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twenty six ninety seven,
USAir four twenty seven, good day.
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RDO-1 |
center USAir four twenty
seven at two nine oh. |
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1833:14 |
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CLE2 |
USAir four twenty seven,
Cleveland center roger. |
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CLE2
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USAir four twenty seven,
cleared direct to uh, Akron, rest of route unchanged
give me the best forward airspeed in-trail
spacing.
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1833:37 |
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RDO-1 |
direct Akron, best
forward, you got it, four twenty seven USAir.
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HOT-1 |
[sound similar to person
yawning] |
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CAM |
[interruption in CVR
audio similar to passing of CVR tape splice]
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RDO-1 |
blocked. |
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1840:38 |
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CLE2 |
USAir four twenty seven,
contact Cleveland center one one niner point eight
seven.
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RDO-1 |
nineteen eighty seven,
USAir four twenty seven, good day. |
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1840:50 |
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RDO-1 |
Cleveland, USAir four
twenty seven at two niner zero. |
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1840:54 |
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CLE3 |
USAir four twenty seven
Cleveland center roger and what is the indicated
airspeed now?
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1840:57
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RDO-1
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uh, we’re indicating uh,
‘bout uh, three hundred uh, assigned.
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1843:23
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CLE3 |
USAir fourteen
seventeen, contact Cleveland center one three three point
three seven.
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1843:27 |
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us1417 |
three three three seven,
USAir’s uh, fourteen
seventeen. good day.
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HOT-1 |
had a
four and a seven in it. |
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| HOT-2 |
hahaha. |
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| 1843:37 |
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| HOT-1 |
do you wanta let ‘em up for a while? |
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1843:42 |
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CAM |
[sound of single chime similar to seat belt switch being
moved] |
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1845:31 |
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CLE3 |
USAir four twenty seven, descend and maintain
flight
level two four zero. |
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1845:35 |
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RDO-1 |
out of two nine oh for two four oh, USAir four twenty
seven.
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1845:55 |
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HOT-2 |
ah you piece of #. |
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1845:56 |
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HOT-1 |
what? |
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1845:58 |
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HOT-2 |
I
said, aw c’mon, you piece of #, this damn thing is so #
slow. |
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HOT-2 |
there it is.
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1847:23 |
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CLE3 |
USAir
four twenty seven contact Cleveland center one
two eight point one five.
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RDO-1 |
twenty eight fifteen, USAir four twenty seven. good
day. |
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1847:35 |
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RDO-1 |
center, USAir four twenty seven descending two four
oh. |
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1847:38
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CLE4 |
USAir four twenty seven Cleveland center roger. |
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DL1083 |
and
center, Delta ten eighty three’s with you leaving
seventeen five going down to one one thousand. |
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1850:15 |
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CLE4 |
Delta
ten eighty three Cleveland center, roger. cross
CUTTA at one zero thousand. Pit altimeter three zero
one one.
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1850:18
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| CAM |
[aural tone similar to attitude alert]
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1850:21 |
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DL1083 |
CUTTA
at ten thousand, Delta ten eighty three.
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1850:56 |
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CLE4 |
USAir four twenty seven cross CUTTA at and maintain
one zero thousand Pit altimeter three zero one one. |
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1851:01 |
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RDO-1 |
CUTTA at ten, thirty eleven, USAir four twenty seven.
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1851:08 |
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HOT-2 |
ten.
CUTTA. |
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HOT-1 |
its true.
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HOT-1
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I’m off. |
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1851:18 |
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HOT-2 |
alright.
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ATIS |
..Pittsburgh tower arrival information Yankee. two one five two Zulu weather. two five thousand
scattered. visibility one five. temperature seven five. dew point five one. wind, two seven zero at one zero.
altimeter three zero one zero. multiple approaches ILS runway three two and ILS runway two eight right in use.
notams, runway two eight right middle marker decommissioned. south entrance Air Force
Reserve ramp closed. Morgantown vortac out of service. advise
on initial contact you have information Yankee.
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1851:54 |
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HOT-1 |
three
two and two eight right. |
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HOT-2 |
three two and two eight right? |
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| HOT-1 |
yep. |
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| 1852:18 |
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| HOT-2 |
oh why did it *? |
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| 1853:15 |
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| CAM |
[sound similar to cockpit door being opened and closed] |
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1853:26
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| CAM-3 |
um,
they didn’t give us connecting flight information or
anything. do you know what gate we’re coming in on? |
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| CAM-l |
not
yet. |
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1853:30 |
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CAM-3 |
any
idea *. |
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CAM-1
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no. |
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| CAM-3 |
doya’ know what I’m thinkin’ about? pretzels.
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| 1853:34 |
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| HOT-l |
pretzels. |
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| CAM-3 |
you guys need drinks here? |
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| 1853:38 |
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| CAM-l |
uh, I could use a glass of somethin’, whatever’s open.
water
uh, water, a juice.
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| CAM-2 |
I'll splita yeah, a water, a juice, whatever’s back there I'll
split one with ‘im.
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| CAM-3 |
OKedoky. |
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| 1853:51 |
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| CAM-3 |
do you want me to make you my special fruity juice
cocktail? (you wanna try it?) |
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| 1853:56 |
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| CAM-1 |
how fruity is it? |
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| CAM-3 |
(try it?) |
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| HOT-2 |
alright, I’ll be a guinea pig. |
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1854:02 |
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CAM |
[sound similar to cockpit door being closed]
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1854:07
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| HOT-l |
[sound similar to person taking a deep breath]
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1854:19 |
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CLE4 |
Delta
ten eighty three, reduce speed to two ten.
contact Pit approach one two one point two five. |
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DL1083 |
twenty one twenty five, good day. |
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1854:27 |
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CLE4
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USAir four twenty seven cross CUTTA one zero
thousand two five zero knots now. |
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1854:30 |
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RDO-1 |
ten two fifty over CUTTA, USAir four twenty seven.
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HOT-2 |
this
thing’s gonna scream and holler. I can’t do that.
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| HOT-l |
thirty eleven. |
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HOT-2
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thirty eleven set. |
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| HOT-l |
you can’t make it? |
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| HOT-2 |
its gonna say it can’t.
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1854:49
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| HOT-2 |
because its . . . it it uh. it’ll do it. I’ll make it do it. |
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CAM |
[sound of unidentified click] |
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| HOT-2 |
see, it’s callin’ me names like it did you.
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CLE4 |
USAir
four twenty seven reduce speed to two one zero
now that’s at the request of Pit approach I’ll take the
speed first. |
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RDO-1 |
OK speed back to two ten USAir four twenty seven.
uh, we’ll do our best to make the restriction. |
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CLE4 |
don’t have to now. just uh, speed first uh, pd to ten. |
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RDO-1 |
you got it. |
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CLE4 |
USAir four twenty seven, contact Pit approach one two
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RDO-1 |
twenty one twenty five, USAir four twenty seven, good
day.
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HOT-l |
two
ten, he said. |
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two ten? oh, I heard two fifty, #. |
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HOT-l
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I may
have misunderstood him.
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RDO-1 |
approach, USAir four twenty seven is descending to
ten. |
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APR |
Shuttle twenty nine zero eight, turn right heading zero
niner zero. contact approach one two three point niner
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APR
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USAir fourteen ninety nine, turn left heading one zero
zero. contact approach one two four point one five.
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CAM |
[sound similar to cockpit door being opened] |
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| CAM-3 |
here it is. |
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| HOT-l |
alright. |
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1857:09
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| HOT-2 |
alright. thank you, thank you. |
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| CAM-3 |
(now ** be fooled) if you don’t like, I didn’t taste ‘em so I
don’t know if they came out right.
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US1499 |
one
hundred degrees and twenty four fifteen, US
fourteen ninety nine. |
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APR |
USAir
eighteen seventy four, descend and maintain six
thousand.
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HOT-l |
that’s good [simultaneous with previous ATC
transmission] |
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| HOT-2 |
that is good |
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CAM-3
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it's good. |
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| HOT-2 |
..that is different. be real, be real good with some dark rum
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| CAM-3 |
yeah right. (can I get you something else?)
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APR |
USAir
four twenty seven, Pittsburgh approach.
heading one six zero vector ILS runway two eight right
final approach course. speed two one zero. |
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HOT-2 |
what
kind of speed? OK. |
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RDO-1 |
we’re, comin’ back to two ten and uh, one sixty heading
down to ten, USAir four twenty seven, and uh, we have
Yankee.
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HOT-l |
what
runway did he say? OK. |
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