USAir Flight 427 – CVR Transcript

Date: September 8, 1994

Aircraft: Boeing 737-3B7 (N513AU)

Operator: USAir

Fatalities: 132 (all onboard)

Cause: Rudder malfunction leading to loss of control

[18:58:00] CAM-3: They didn't give us connecting flight information or anything. Do you know what gate we're coming into?
[18:58:03] CAM-1: Not yet.
[18:58:05] CAM-3: Any idea?
[18:58:06] CAM-1: No.
[18:58:08] CAM-3: Do ya know what I'm thinkin' about? Pretzels.
[18:58:10] CAM-1: Pretzels?
[18:58:12] CAM-3: You guys need drinks here?
[18:58:14] CAM-1: I could use a glass of somethin', whatever's open, water, uh, water, a juice?
[18:58:17] CAM-2: I'll split a, yeah, a water, a juice, whatever's back there. I'll split one with 'im.
[18:58:20] CAM-3: Okey-dokey. Do you want me to make you my special fruity juice cocktail?
[18:58:23] CAM-1: How fruity is it?
[18:58:25] CAM-3: Why don't you just try it?
[18:58:27] CAM-2: All right, I'll be a guinea pig.
...
[19:02:57] CAM-3: [Sound of thump]
[19:02:58] CAM-3: [Sound of clickety-click]
[19:02:59] CAM-3: [Sound of thump]
[19:03:00] CAM-1: Whoa ... hang on.
[19:03:01] CAM-1: Hang on.
[19:03:02] CAM-2: Oh, Shit.
[19:03:03] CAM-1: Hang on. What the hell is this?
[19:03:04] CAM-3: [Sound of stick shaker]
[19:03:05] CAM-3: [Sound of altitude alert]
[19:03:06] CAM-3: Traffic. Traffic.
[19:03:07] CAM-1: What the...
[19:03:08] CAM-2: Oh...
[19:03:09] CAM-1: Oh God, Oh God...
[19:03:10] RDO-1: 427, emergency!
[19:03:11] CAM-2: [Sound of scream]
[19:03:12] CAM-1: Pull...
[19:03:13] CAM-2: Oh...
[19:03:14] CAM-1: Pull... pull...
[19:03:15] CAM-2: God...
[19:03:16] CAM-1: [Sound of screaming]
[19:03:17] CAM-2: No...
[end of recording]
      

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