Here's an interesting tape...

By: Ren Frew - 2nd December 2009 at 20:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

A very calm controller... "Aircraft type is a triple seven and the problem is crash". He sounds more flustered about having to send the Qatari inbound on a go around. :eek:

By: symon - 3rd December 2009 at 04:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Good clip. I suppose it is better for everyone if it's calm and systematic instead of manic.

By: Bmused55 - 3rd December 2009 at 07:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

You can hear all the alarms going off in the BA Cockpit as he makes the hurried mayday and again when the Capt. inadvertently makes the evacuate call over the radio.

I'm still amazed they got the plane down in a relatively safe manner. Engine failures at twice, tripple or a hundred times the height that crew experienced theirs at have proven fatal. They had very little time to react and thankfully their reactions got them home. Those men deserve all the credit they have been getting and then some.

By: Gonzo - 3rd December 2009 at 10:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Thanks to whoever did that.:(

By: Ren Frew - 9th December 2009 at 11:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Who did it? NATS is pointing at the captain apparently..

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Legal_threat_to_WikiLeaks_from_UK_NATS_over_BA-038_flight_crash_recordings%2C_8_Dec_2009

He better hope his book makes him a few bob then...

By: Sky High - 9th December 2009 at 12:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

You would like to hope that more pilots deal with emergencies like this than those who adopt the "*******k that we're going in" approach. Although enough of those have been published.