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Last night my friend Marc dropped me an email with the pilot’s and ATC’s view of 3407, including the MP3 archive of the fateful flight. Here’s his email:
If you’re interested – Callsign – Colgan 3407
http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kbuf/KBUF-Feb-13-2009-0300Z.mp3http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CJC3407
Approach plate KBUF ILS 23:
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0901/00065IL23.PDF
Clarance Center, NY would be slightly SW of the TRAVA intersection.A little after 12:00 – cleared to 2300ft, for intersecting the glideslope.
Little after 15:00 – cleared for ILS, 3 N of KLUMP.
Little after 16:00 – handed off to KBUF tower.
17:21 – first sign of uh oh20:30 – When they are pretty sure somethings wrong
24:00 – Notification to aircraft of a plane down
It was interesting to get this in email first and see/hear the information before getting any other news (I’ve still only briefly scanned the CNN article).
Links:
- MP3 (LiveATC.net): http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kbuf/KBUF-Feb-13-2009-0300Z.mp3
- Flight track: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CJC3407
- Approach plate (FAA.gov): http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0901/00065IL23.PDF
UPDATE: Colgan Air has a link about flight 3407