ATC transcript El Al Flight 1862 - 04 OCT 1992
Last updated: 16 October 2004
Air Traffic Control tape transcript of the El Al Flight 1862 Boeing 747 accident at Amsterdam, 4 October 1992.
Source: Accident Prevention January 1996 / Flight Safety Foundation (FSF)
Source: Accident Prevention January 1996 / Flight Safety Foundation (FSF)
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Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
| time | source | content |
|---|---|---|
| 18:27:56 | CREW: | El Al 1862, Mayday, Mayday, we have an emergency. |
| 18:28:00 | ATC: | El Al 1862, roger. Break, KLM 237, turn left heading 090. |
| 18:28:06 | ATC: | El Al 1862, do you wish to return to Schiphol? |
| 18:28:09 | CREW: | Affirmative, Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. |
| 18:28:11 | ATC: | Turn right heading 260, field eh ... behind you eh ... in your to the west eh ... distance 18 miles. |
| 18:28:17 | CREW: | Roger, we have fire on engine number number 3, we have fire on engine number 3. |
| 18:28:22 | ATC: | Roger, heading 270 for downwind. |
| 18:28:24 | CREW: | 270 downwind. |
| 18:28:31 | ATC: | El Al 1862, surface wind 040 at 21 knots. |
| 18:28:35 | CREW: | Roger. |
| 18:28:45 | CREW: | El Al 1862, lost number 3 and number 4 engine, number 3 and number 4 engine. |
| 18:28:50 | ATC: | Roger, 1862. |
| 18:28:54 | CREW: | What will be the runway in use for me at Amsterdam? |
| 18:28:57 | ATC: | Runway 6 in use, sir. Surface wind 040 at 21 knots, QNH 1012. |
| 18:29:02 | CREW: | 1012, we request 27 for landing. |
| 18:29:05 | ATC: | Roger, can you call Approach now, 121.2 for your line-up? |
| 18:29:08 | CREW: | 121.2, bye bye. |
| 18:29:08 | ATC: | Bye. |
| 18:29:25 | CREW: | Schipol, El Al 1862, we have an emergency, eh ... we're number t ... eh ... 3 and 4 engine inoperative [badly readable, probably: "intending" or "returning"] landing. |
| 18:29:32 | ATC: | El Al 1862, roger, copied about your emergency, contact 118.4 for your line-up. |
| 18:29:39 | CREW: | 118.4, bye. |
| 18:29:49 | CREW: | Schiphol, El Al 1862, we have an emergency, number 3 and number 4 engine inoperative, request 27 for landing. |
| 18:29:58 | ATC: | You request 27, in that case heading 360, 360 the heading, descend to 2,000 feet on 1012, mind, the wind is 050 at 22. |
| 18:30:10 | CREW: | Roger, can you say again the wind please? |
| 18:30:12 | ATC: | 050 at 22. |
| 18:30:14 | CREW: | Roger, what heading for Runway 27? |
| 18:30:16 | ATC: | Heading 360, heading 360 and [then] give you a right turn on, to cross the localizer first, and you've got only seven miles to go from present position. |
| 18:30:25 | CREW: | Roger, 36 copied. |
| 18:31:17 | ATC: | El Al 1862, what is the distance you need to touchdown? |
| 18:31:27 | CREW: | 12 miles final we need for landing. |
| 18:31:30 | ATC: | Yeah, how many miles final ... eh correction ... how many miles track miles you need? |
| 18:31:40 | CREW: | ... Flap one ... we need ... eh ... a 12 miles final for landing. |
| 18:31:43 | ATC: | Okay, right right heading 100, right right heading 100. |
| 18:31:46 | CREW: | Heading 100. |
| 18:32:15 | ATC: | El Al 1862, just to be sure, your engines number 3 and 4 are out? |
| 18:32:20 | CREW: | Number 3 and 4 are out and we have ... eh ... problems with our flaps. |
| 18:32:25 | ATC: | Problem with the flaps, roger. |
| 18:32:37 | CREW: | Heading 100, El Al 1862. |
| 18:32:39 | ATC: | Thank you, 1862. |
| 18:33:00 | CREW: | Okay, heading ... eh ... and turning, eh ... maintaining. |
| 18:33:05 | ATC: | Roger, 1862, your speed is? |
| 18:33:10 | CREW: | Say again? |
| 18:33:12 | ATC: | Your speed? |
| 18:33:13 | CREW: | Our speed is ... eh ... 260. |
| 18:33:15 | ATC: | Okay, you have around 13 miles to go to touchdown, speed is all yours, you are cleared to land Runway 27. |
| 18:33:21 | CREW: | Cleared to land 27. |
| 18:33:37 | ATC: | El Al 1862, a right right turn heading 270 adjust on the localizer, cleared for approach. |
| 18:33:44 | CREW: | Right, right 270. |
| 18:34:18 | ATC: | El Al 1862, you're about to cross the localizer due to your speed, continue the right turn heading 290, heading 290, 12 track miles to go, 12 track miles to go. |
| 18:34:28 | CREW: | Roger, 290. |
| 18:34:48 | ATC: | El Al 1862, further right, heading 310, heading 310. |
| 18:34:52 | CREW: | 310. |
| 18:34:58 | ATC: | El Al 1862, continue descent 1,500 feet, 1,500. |
| 18:35:03 | CREW: | 1,500, and we have a controlling problem. |
| 18:35:06 | ATC: | You have a controlling problem as well, roger. |
| 18:35:25 | CREW: | Going down 1862, going down, going down, copied going down. [Background: "Raise all the flaps, all the flaps raise, lower the gear."] |
| 18:35:47 | ATC: | Yes, El Al 1862, your heading |