Egyptair Flight 990 - 31 OCT 1999
Relevant parts of the Air traffic control transcript regarding the October 31, 1999 crash of an Egyptair Boeing 767 (Flight 990) off Nantucket, USA. - 06.51h - 07.00h UTC
Accident details: 1999 database
Source: FAA
Accident details: 1999 database
Source: FAA
Legenda
R86 = New York Center, Atlantic Sector
MSR990 = Egyptair Flight 990
ARINC = Aeronautical Radio Inc.
R86 = New York Center, Atlantic Sector
MSR990 = Egyptair Flight 990
ARINC = Aeronautical Radio Inc.
| time | source | content |
|---|---|---|
| 6:41:50 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety I have your oceanic when you're ready |
| 6:41:56 | MSR990 | Go ahead nine nine zero |
| 6:41:59 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety you're cleared to hotel echo charlie alpha via after dovey nat track zulu santiago maintain flight level three three zero maintain mach point eight zero |
| 6:42:12 | MSR990 | Egyptair nine nine zero cleared to Cairo zulu track zulu santiago three three zero eight zero mach message identification three zero four |
| 6:42:24 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety readback correct |
| 6:47:18 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety change to my frequency one two five point niner two |
| 6:47:23 | MSR990 | One two five nine two good day |
| 6:47:39 | MSR990 | (unintelligible) nine nine zero heavy good morning |
| 6:47:45 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety roger |
| 6:54:00 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety radar contact lost recycles transponder squawk one seven one two |
| 6:54:19 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety new york center |
| 6:54:42 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety new york center |
| 6:55:00 | R86 | Egyptair nine ninety if you copy new york center squawk one seven one two and ident |
| 6:56:08 | R86 | Egyptair nine niner zero new york center |
| 6:56:37 | ARINC | Arinc |
| 6:56:40 | R86 | Arinc it's Atlantic sector did a Egyptair nine ninety check on with you approaching dovey |
| 6:56:45 | ARINC | Which flight is that I'm sorry |
| 6:56:47 | R86 | Ah Egyptair nine nine zero |
| 6:56:50 | ARINC | Golf Yankee nine nine |
| 6:56:51 | R86 | No ah it's mike sierra romeo |
| 6:56:53 | ARINC | Mike sierro romeo nine nine zero zero |
| 6:56:55 | R86 | Nine nine zero |
| 6:56:57 | ARINC | Nine nine zero ah let me just check here I don't see anything in the computer on the flight |
| 6:57:06 | R86 | Ah do me a favor um just try calling the aircraft |
| 6:57:07 | ARINC | Try calling the aircraft |
| 6:57:08 | R86 | Yeah try |
| 6:57:09 | ARINC | You say he's in the dovey area |
| 6:57:10 | R86 | He's approaching dovey yes |
| 6:57:12 | ARINC | Okay we'll call |
| 6:57:14 | R86 | All right thanks alpha zulu |
| 6:57:49 | R86 | Egyptair niner niner zero this is New York Center on guard contact New York Center on one two five point niner two and squawk one seven one two |
| 6:59:38 | R86 | Egyptair niner niner zero New York Center |
| 7:00:45 | R86 | Egyptair niner niner zero this is New York Center on guard contact New York Center on frequency one two five point niner two |
| 7:04:46 | R86 | Cape Joboc thirty nine line |
| 7:04:47 | B18 | Cape |
| 7:04:49 | R86 | Ah you working on Lufthansa four ninety nine |
| 7:04:50 | B18 | Yes |
| 7:04:52 | R86 | Um could you do me a favour |
| 7:04:53 | B18 | Yeah |
| 7:04:54 | R86 | I lost contact I lost contact with the Boeing seven six seven in my airspace |
| 7:04:56 | B18 | The ah Egyptair |
| 7:04:59 | R86 | Yeah I mean we lost radar contact we lost everything |
| 7:05:03 | B18 | Right I have him monitoring one twenty one five right now |
| 7:05:04 | R85 | Who the Lufthansa |
| 7:05:06 | B18 | Yeah |
| 7:05:08 | R86 | Ah could you ask the Lufthansa to ah to um could you possibly switch to my frequency for a minute and I'll I'll have him try calling the Egyptair |
| 7:05:10 | B18 | Sure what do you want twenty five ninety two |
| 7:05:15 | R86 | Yes |
| 7:05:16 | B18 | Okay I thought I saw like I said it seemed more like it was ah maybe ten or fifteen minutes ago on the |
| 7:05:20 | R86 | Hmm |
| 7:05:23 | B18 | Seventeen twelve code that I saw him in Whiskey one oh two |
| 7:05:26 | R86 | Right |
| 7:05:27 | B18 | Pretty much right right in the middle |
| 7:05:29 | R86 | So yeah could you just switch Lufthansa over and ah ah maybe ask him I could I could ask him |
| 7:05:32 | B18 | Yeah send him back when you're done |
| 7:05:35 | R86 | All right thank you |
| 7:05:36 | B18 | Sure |
| 7:05:37 | R86 | Alpha zulu |
| 7:05:55 | DLH499 | New York Center Lufthansa four ninety nine heavy is uh one two nine uh one two five nine two |
| 7:06:02 | R86 | Lufthansa four ninety nine New York Center I could use your assistance could you try calling a Egyptair niner niner zero on this frequency and see if he's ah checks on |
| 7:06:13 | DLH499 | Okay standby Egyptair niner niner zero this is Lufthansa four ninety nine do you read |
| 7:06:30 | DLH499 | Egyptair niner niner zero this is Lufthansa four ninety nine do you read |
| 7:06:43 | DLH499 | I am sorry there is no reply New York and at one two one five we have no ELT |
| 7:06:51 | R86 | Lufthansa four ninety nine I want to thank you for your assistance you can return to Boston center now |
| 7:06:58 | DLH499 | (unintelligible) |
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| 7:14:34 | Huntress | New York this is Huntress |
| 7:14:39 | R86 | Atlantic |
| 7:14:41 | Huntress | Yeah did you just call us |
| 7:14:48 | R86A | Yeah Huntress I did ah did you try to find that guy over dovey for us ah sev one seven one two code you know where dovey is first off |
| 7:14:55 | Huntress | Say again one seven what |
| 7:14:57 | R86A | One seven one two over dovey should be just maybe a little east of dovey now |
| 7:15:04 | Huntress | Copy standby |
| 7:15:07 | R86A | He's eastbound should be at thirty three thousand |
| 7:15:55 | Huntress | New York Huntress |
| 7:15:56 | R86A | Yeah |
| 7:15:57 | Huntress | Negative I can't find him |
| ... | ||
| 7:16:00 | R86A | Okay do you have a line to Canada east |
| 7:16:03 | Huntress | Yes I do |
| 7:16:04 | R86A | Could you ask them to take a look for him maybe if a guy veered off course or something |
| 7:16:06 | Huntress | All right |
| 7:16:08 | R86A | Cause we we dropped him into a coast tracking can't find him either |
| 7:16:10 | Huntress | Okay what's the ah callsign |
| 7:16:12 | R86A | Egyptair nine ninety and to the best of my knowledge he was on a seventeen twelve code |
| 7:18:30 | Huntress | New York Huntress reference Egypt nine ninety |
| 7:18:35 | ARINC | Arinc |
| 7:18:37 | R86 | Arinc Atlantic Sector any luck on that Egyptair |
| 7:18:39 | ARINC | Uh |
| 7:18:42 | R86 | I have a selcal |
| 7:18:44 | ARINC | Frequency okay go ahead give me the selcal |
