US crash: last message from the flight deck
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Your support makes all the difference.The last flight deck messages before the crash of Continental Flight 3407 have already been relayed on the internet.
The voice of a female pilot can be heard communicating with air traffic controllers, according to a recording of the Buffalo air traffic control's radio messages shortly before the crash captured by the Web site www.liveatc.net .
Neither the controller nor the pilot exchange any concerns that anything is out of the ordinary as the airplane is asked to fly at 2,300 feet (700 meters).
A minute later, the controller tries to contact the plane but hears no response. After a pause, he tries to contact the plane again.
Then the controller asks the pilot of a nearby Delta Air Lines plane to see if he can see the Continental flight.
"Delta 1998, look off your right side about 5 miles for a Dash 8 about 2,300 (feet). You see anything there?" he asks.
"Uh, negative," the Delta pilot says.
* Audio of air traffic control: http://snurl.com/bsx2j
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