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10:55PM | September 23, 2009 | comments: 0

Chilling Final Plane to Tower Radio Transmissions

It was sad to hear the radio transmissions just released by the FAA of the fatal flight out of Dallas to Tampa.  Five people died.  The plane got into trouble going through a storm on its way to Tampa.  They were so close.  With all of our high tech weather radar and stuff in planes and in control towers these days,  it's hard for me to understand how this could happen.  The tower told the pilot to fly straight through the storm.  But, the pilot was not comfortable with that.  He wanted to go back.  Then the pilot realized he was upside down and in big trouble.  Eleven seconds later the plane disappears from radar.  Did the tower see a break in the storm straight ahead?  I never heard that on the radio transmissions. The pilot was told bad weather was ahead.  Why couldn't the pilot fly around it?  I'm not a pilot and I don't know how to manage planes from a control tower.  But, this is one of those sad stories you wish everyone could get a "do over."  Was the pilot to cocky or did the tower give the pilot wrong directions?  The NTSB is still investigating the official cause of the crash.  Blame or no blame, five families are grieving.  The pilot's final moments on tape are chilling.  I pray for the families of the pilot and passengers and I hope other pilots and controllers can learn something from this tragedy that will save lives in the future.  You can hear those radio transmissions in my report.

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