Legend:
Abbreviation: |
Transmitting Agency: |
| LC |
Kennedy ATCT, Local Control |
| AAL142 |
American Airlines Inc, Flight 142 |
| PD14 |
New York City Police Department, Helicopter 14 |
| AAL1683 |
American Airlines Inc, Flight 1683 |
| AAL645 |
American Airlines Inc, Flight 645 |
| DAL2311 |
Delta Airlines Inc, Flight 2311 |
| JAL047 |
Japan Air Lines, Flight 047 |
| AAL587 * |
American Airlines Inc, Flight 587 |
| REACH410Y |
Department of the Air Force Headquarters, Air Mobility Command, REACH Flight 410Y |
| AAL686 |
American Airlines Inc, Flight 686 |
| BAW1 |
British Airways, Flight 1 |
| J108 * |
New York TRACON, JFK Departure |
| NWA1867 |
Northwest Orient Airlines Inc, Flight 1867 |
| UKN |
Unknown Source |
| DAL79 |
Delta Airlines Inc, Flight 79 |
| LGA |
LaGuardia ATCT, Unknown Position |
| PD6 |
New York City Police Department, Helicopter 6 |
| PD4 |
New York City Police Department, Helicopter 4 |
| * Italicized font represents relevant transmissions between AAL587 and J108 on a separate radio frequency. |
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| 1406:47 |
LC |
american sixteen eighty three wind three one zero at six runway three
one left kilo kilo intersection cleared for takeoff |
| 1406:53 |
AAL1683 |
cleared for takeoff three one left kilo kilo american sixteen eighty
three |
| 1408:05 |
LC |
american six forty five kennedy tower runway three one left cleared for
takeoff |
| 1408:09 |
AAL645 |
cleared for takeoff three one left american six forty five |
| 1408:12 |
LC |
american sixteen eighty three fly the breezy point climb contact new
york departure good day |
| 1408:16 |
AAL1683 |
over to departure |
| 1408:17 |
LC |
american sixteen eighty three |
| 1408:41 |
LC |
delta twenty three eleven kennedy tower runway three one left taxi into
position and hold |
| 1408:45 |
DAL2311 |
position and hold delta twenty three eleven |
| 1409:55 |
LC |
american six forty five turn left fly the bridge climb contact new york
departure good day |
| 1410:01 |
AAL645 |
(unintelligible) bridge climb (unintelligible) good day |
| 1410:02 |
LC |
(unintelligible) forty five |
| 1410:13 |
LC |
delta twenty three eleven wind three one zero at niner runway three one
left cleared for takeoff |
| 1410:17 |
DAL2311 |
delta twenty three eleven cleared for takeoff three one left |
| 1410:23 |
LC |
delta twenty three eleven |
| 1410:28 |
LC |
japan air lines forty seven heavy kennedy tower runway three one left
taxi into position and hold |
| 1410:32 |
JAL047 |
runway three one left taxi into position and hold |
| 1410:36 |
LC |
p d fourteen uh caution wake turbulence there'll be uh several heavy
jet departures over canarsie momentarily |
| 1410:41 |
PD14 |
roger that p d fourteen we'll be looking |
| 1411:08 |
LC |
japan air forty seven heavy wind three zero zero at one zero runway three
one left cleared for takeoff |
| 1411:13 |
JAL047 |
runway three one left cleared for takeoff japan air forty seven heavy |
| 1411: 17 |
LC |
delta twenty three eleven fly the bridge climb contact new york departure
good morning |
| 1411:21 |
DAL2311 |
(unintelligible) delta twenty three eleven switching good day |
| 1411:37 |
LC |
american five eight seven heavy kennedy tower caution wake turbulence
runway three one left taxi into position and hold |
| 1411:42 |
AAL587 |
position and hold thirty one left american five eight seven heavy |
| 1411:58 |
LC |
japan air forty seven |
| 1412:00 |
REACH410Y |
kennedy tower reach four one zero yankee we're positional (unintelligible)
three one right |
| 1412:04 |
LC |
reach four one zero yankee heavy kennedy tower wind three zero zero at
one zero runway three one right cleared to land you're number one |
| 1412:11 |
REACH410Y |
number one cleared to land three one reach four one zero yankee |
| 1413:06 |
LC |
japan air forty seven heavy fly the bridge climb contact new york departure
good morning |
| 1413:11 |
JAL047 |
bridge climb (unintelligible) departure japan air forty seven good morning |
| 1413:29 |
LC |
american five eight seven heavy wind three zero zero at niner runway
three one left cleared for takeoff |
| 1413:33 |
AAL587 |
cleared for takeoff american ah five eight seven heavy |
| 1413:40 |
LC |
american six eight six heavy kennedy tower caution wake turbulence runway
three one left taxi into position and hold |
| 1413:45 |
AAL686 |
position and hold runway three one left american six eighty six |
| 1413:47 |
LC |
american five eight seven heavy |
| 1414:44 |
LC |
american five eight seven heavy turn left fly the bridge climb contact
new york departure good morning |
| 1414:49 |
AAL587 |
american five eighty seven heavy so long |
| 1414:57 |
BAW1 |
kennedy tower good morning speed bird concord one heavy (unintelligible)
established three one right |
| 1415:01 |
LC |
american six eight six heavy kennedy tower wind three zero zero at eight
runway three one left cleared for takeoff |
| 1415:01 |
AA587 |
uh new york american five eight seven heavy thirteen hundred feet
we're climbing to five thousand |
| 1415:05 |
J108 |
american five eight seven heavy new york departure radar contact climb
and maintain one three thousand |
| 1415:06 |
AA686 |
cleared for takeoff (unintelligible) |
| 1415:07 |
LC |
american six eight six heavy |
| 1415:09 |
LC |
speedbird concord uh one heavy kennedy tower good morning you're following
a heavy seven four seven passing short final caution wake turbulence wind
three zero zero at eight runway three one right cleared to land |
| 1415:11 |
AAL587 |
one three that's for american five eighty seven heavy |
| 1415:18 |
BAW1 |
three one right cleared to land speedbird concord one heavy |
| 1415:20 |
LC |
northwest eighteen sixty seven kennedy tower caution wake turbulence
runwav three one left taxi into position and hold |
| 1415:25 |
NWA1867 |
three one left position and hold northwest eighteen sixty seven |
| 1415:37 |
J108 |
american five eighty seven heavy turn left proceed direct wavey |
| 1415:42 |
AAL587 |
uh uh turn direct wavey american five eighty seven heavy |
| 1415:51 |
LC |
(unintelligible) |
| 1415:52 |
UKN |
(unintelligible) |
| 1416:05 |
LC |
american six eight six heavy fly the bridge climb contact new york departure
good morning |
| 1416:09 |
AAL686 |
bridge climb (unintelligible) |
| 1416:11 |
UKN |
straight ahead |
| 1416:12 |
UKN |
(unintelligible) |
| 1416:13 |
UKN |
tower look at to the south there's an aircraft crashing |
| 1416:17 |
LC |
say again |
| 1416:19 |
UNK |
an aircraft just crashed to the south of the field |
| 1416:21 |
LC |
an aircraft just crashed to the south of the field? |
| 1416:24 |
UKN |
affirm a fireball |
| 1416:31 |
LC |
o k thank you sir |
| 1417:02 |
UKN |
i i am not quite sure we just uh yeah |
| 1417:05 |
UKN |
(unintelligible) |
| 1417:06 |
UKN |
standby sir |
| 1417:08 |
UKN |
american american five eighty seven |
| 1417:10 |
LC |
uh negative |
| 1417:11 |
UKN |
mickey you missing any uh your departures |
| 1417:13 |
UKN |
american five eighty seven |
| 1417:18 |
UKN |
o k |
| 1417:19 |
LC |
o k p d fourteen we're trying to figure it out now sir we're trying to
see if we're missing any aircraft standby |
| 1417:24 |
DAL79 |
uh delta 79 it was a heavy jet anyway |
| 1417:27 |
LC |
it was a heavy jet sir? |
| 1417:28 |
DAL79 |
yeah it looked like it |
| 1417:35 |
LC |
hey kennedy |
| 1417:38 |
LGA |
kennedy laguardia |
| 1417:40 |
LC |
standby laguardia |
| 1417:41 |
LC |
hello |
| 1417:43 |
UNK |
p d six is going to the crash site |
| 1417:44 |
LC |
o k thanks |
| 1417:46 |
LC |
hello |
| 1417:48 |
LC |
kennedy |
| 1417:54 |
PD6 |
kennedy p d six |
| 1417:57 |
LC |
p d six kennedy you're cleared into the kennedy class bravo airspace
to uh the site sir at or below uh one thousand is approved |
| 1418:03 |
PD6 |
p d six |
| 1418:19 |
NWA1867 |
tower northwest eighteen sixty seven we're gonna exit the runway up here
on yankee if that's o k |
| 1418:24 |
LC |
calling kennedy say again |
| 1418:27 |
NWA1867 |
what would you like northwest eighteen sixty seven to do? |
| 1418:29 |
LC |
just hold your position sir |
| 1418:31 |
NWA1867 |
i'll hold the position |
| 1419:07 |
LC |
speedbird concord one heavy turn left next taxiway taxi into your ramp
monitor ground point niner please |
| 1419:12 |
BAW1 |
roger left turn into the ramp ground point nine |
| 1419:27 |
LC |
american five eight seven heavy |
| 1420:01 |
LC |
kennedy |
| 1420:02 |
UKN |
yeah you got p d fourteen on the case |
| 1420:04 |
LC |
uh p d six is on the case |
| 1420:OS |
UKN |
o k thanks |
| 1420:06 |
LC |
(unintelligible) |
| 1420:08 |
PD14 |
kennedy p d fourteen |
| 1420:10 |
LC |
p d fourteen yes sir |
| 1420:11 |
PD14 |
we know the uh details on what kind of aircraft it was? |
| 1420:14 |
LC |
uh we've been reported that it's a heavy uh aircraft sir we don't know
type possibly a seven six seven |
| 1420:21 |
PD14 |
american craft |
| 1420:30 |
LC |
and p d fourteen traffic two miles to the northwest of you uh your company
three hundred feet inbound into the area |
| 1420:36 |
PD14 |
o k p d fourteen look for the traffic |
| 1420:38 |
LC |
p d three uh three correction p d six traffic uh two miles to the southeast
of you your company traffic one thousand feet |
| 1420:46 |
PD6 |
uh p d six has company |
| 1420:48 |
LC |
thank you maintain visual |
| 1420:49 |
PD6 |
will do |
| 1420:50 |
LC |
p d fourteen company has you in sight will maintain visual |
| 1420:53 |
PD14 |
o k say again where they are |
| 1420:56 |
PD4 |
kennedy p d four |
| 1420:58 |
LC |
p d four kennedy |
| 1420:59 |
PD4 |
were (unintelligible) we have company in sight we're gonna be at the
scene |
| 1421:02 |
PD4 |
ok p d four kennedy altimeter three zero four three the wind three zero
zero at one zero report on station |
| 1421:07 |
PD4 |
o k we're squawking authorized code zero two six one |
| 1421:10 |
LC |
p d four roger |
| 1421:20 |
LC |
uh p d fourteen just use caution company over floyd bennett will be heading
to the same area sir has you and your company one half mile north of you
in sight |
| 1421:27 |
PD14 |
p d fourteen roger that |
| 1421:29 |
LC |
p d six use caution company over floyd bennett has you and company one
mile south of you in sight he'll be heading into the area |
| 1421:40 |
LC |
p d six did you copy |
