This transcription covers the Dulles ATCT Final West position for the period from September 11, 2001, 1327 UTC, to September 11, 2001, 1346 UTC.
Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations
Dulles ATCT, Final West FW
Dulles ATCT, Local Control East LCE
Dulles ATCT, Traffic Management
Coordinator TMC
Dulles ATCT, North Departure ND
Dulles ATCT, Area Supervisor AS
Dulles ATCT, South Arrival SA
Dulles ATCT, South Departure SD
Dulles ATCT, South High SH
Dulles ATCT, West Arrival WA
Delta Air Lines, Delta 1044 DAL1044
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 697 BLR697
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 527 BLR527
Pilatus N55BK N5BK
Colgan Air, Colgan 1065 CJC1065
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 245 BLR245
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 215 BLR215
Manassas ATCT HEF
Cessna Skylane N432TS N2TS
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 224 BLR224
Washington ATCT DCA
United Air Lines, United 1502 UAL1502
Washington Center ZDC
United Air Lines, United 1984 UAL1984
Hawker Siddeley, Hawker N747UP N7UP
I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving AAL77:
Maureen A. Zwirble
Support Specialist
Dulles ATCT
1327:00 FW delta ten forty four maintain one eight zero
knots or greater to ah skins contact tower one
two eight point four two
1327:06 DAL1044 one eighty to skins or better twenty eight
forty two delta ten forty four so long
1327:10 FW see ya
1327:17 BLR697 blueridge six ninety seven what happened up
there
1327:21 FW well first thing we saw on c n n the world trade
center ah looked like it had some type of an
explosion and we couldn’t determine if it was
just a fire a bomb or what was going on and
while we were watching the footage of that a
seven thirty seven hit the building behind it
1327:35 BLR697 okay thanks
1327:36 FW blueridge five twenty seven turn right heading
two eight zero keep the base to final squared
cleared visual approach runway one left
1327:43 BLR527 alright a two eighty and ah cleared for approach
runway one left blueridge ah five twenty seven
1327:49 FW blueridge six ninety seven descend and maintain
three thousand
1327:53 BLR697 three thousand blueridge six ninety seven
1327:55 N55BK dulles five five bravo kilo one point five
leveling at two thousand
1327:56 CJC1065 dulles approach cogan ten sixty five checking
in
1328
1328:01 FW pilatus five five bravo kilo dulles departure
radar contact maintain four thousand are you
in the turn for casanova
1328:06 N5BK four thousand affirmative we are in the turn
five bravo kilo
1328:10 FW thank you
1328:14 FW cogan ten sixty five dulles approach dulles
altimeter three zero two four
1328:19 CJC1065 three zero two four for colgan ten sixty five
1328:23 FW any aircraft on this frequency ah arriving
dulles you can expect ground stop after your arrival
1328:42 BLR245 final blueridge two fifteen four and a half for
four thousand
1328:48 FW pilatus five bravo kilo climb and maintain five
thousand and contact approach on one two zero
point four five
1328:56 N5BK twenty forty five to five thousand five bravo
kilo
1329
1329:01 FW blueridge six ninety seven reduce speed to one
seven zero base leg in a mile
1329:05 BLR697 one seventy blueridge six ninety seven
1329:07 BLR527 dulles blueridge five twenty seven verify
cleared for one left approach
1329:11 FW blueridge five twenty seven affirmative reduce
speed to one seven zero
1329:14 BLR527 one seven zero blueridge five twenty seven
1329:16 FW blueridge six ninety seven turn right heading
two eight zero call the field in sight two
o clock niner miles
1329:20 BLR697 ah field’s in sight blueridge six ninety seven
ah right turn to ah two eight zero
1329:25 FW blueridge six ninety seven base to final
squared cleared visual approach runway one left
1329:29 BLR697 cleared one left blueridge six ninety seven
1329:32 BLR215 dulles approach two fifteen four thousand
1329:35 FW blueridge two fifteen dulles approach roger
1329:37 FW cogan ten sixty five reduce speed to one eight
zero
1329:40 CJC1065 we’ll reduce to one
eight zero cogan ten sixty
five
1329:43 FW manassas tower dulles final
1329:45 HEF onus
1329:46 FW the country is ground stopped
1329:48 HEF say uh say again sorry
1329:49 FW the country is ground stopped
1329:50 HEF the whole country got it thank you j x
1329:52 FW q z
1329:53 FW sorry i was off the line say again
1329:55 BLR224 good morning blueridge two twenty four five
thousand
1329:58 FW blueridge two twenty four dulles approach
good morning
1330
1330:01 FW blueridge five twenty seven tower one two eight
point four two
1330:04 BLR527 twenty eight forty two blueridge five twenty
seven
1330:23 CJC1065 and if it helps at all cogan ah ten sixty five
has the field in sight
1330:26 FW cogan ten sixty five you’re number one descend
and i’m sorry number four descend and maintain four thousand
1330:32 CJC1065 okay out of six for four thousand cogan ten
sixty five
1330:37 LCE you know
1330:37 FW local east final
1330:38 LCE yes
1330:39 FW can blueridge two fifteen to the north east have
the right
1330:42 LCE yes
1330:42 FW q z
1330:43 LCE c s
1330:43 FW blueridge two fourteen correction two fifteen
change of plans expect a visual approach to
runway one right
1330:49 BLR215 okay we’ll expect a visual approach to runway
one right now blueridge two fifteen
1330:52 BLR697 and that’s confirm for blueridge six ninety
seven you do want us on the left side
1330:56 FW blueridge six ninety seven affirmative keep
that base to final squared for spacing
1331:00 BLR697 okay we can do that blueridge six ninety seven
1331:02 FW cogan ten sixty five turn left heading one zero
zero base to final squared cleared visual
approach runway one left
1331:07 CJC1065 okay one zero zero on the heading and cleared
for the visual one left cogan ten sixty five
1331:13 FW blueridge six ninety seven continue reducing
to approach speed contact tower one two eight
point four two three intrail of a jetstream
1331:19 BLR697 roger than and ah we’re already slowing it all
the way back blueridge six ninety seven we’re
going to the tower twenty forty two
1331:24 FW good day
1331:31 N2TS dulles approach four three two tango sierra
1331:33 FW november four three two tango sierra dulles
approach
1331:36 N2TS four three two tango sierra just departed
leesburg virginia a cessna one eighty two
would like to activate our instrument flight
plan
1331:42 FW november two tango sierra standby
1331:47 FW blueridge two fifteen dulles three o clock five
miles call the field
1331:52 BLR215 field in sight blueridge two fifteen
1331:54 FW blueridge two fifteen cleared visual approach
runway one right base your discretion number
one and only for the right
1331:59 BLR215 cleared the visual ah one right blueridge two
fifteen
1332
1332:02 FW cogan ten sixty five you may begin reducing to
approach speed
1332:06 CJC1065 we’ll start reducing to approach speed cogan ten
sixty five
1332:26 FW november four three two tango sierra we’re
in a little bit of a tangle here ah i’ll get
back to you in just a moment remain clear of
class bravo
1332:34 N2TS okay we’ll wait for your call two tango sierra
1332:36 FW cogan ten sixty five contact tower one twenty
eight forty two
1332:40 CJC1065 tower on twenty eight forty two cogan ten sixty
five
1332:43 FW blueridge two twenty four have you intercepted
the localizer it appears you’re slightly west
1332:48 BLR224 we are right on it for the left side
1332:54 FW blueridge two twenty four’s two from erase
cross erase at or above four thousand cleared
i l s d m e runway one left approach
1333
1333:02 BLR224 cleared for the i l s one left blueridge two
twenty four
1333:38 FW national sixty two anybody quickly please
1333:44 TMC dulles a primary only
1333:46 FW national you’ve go a primary target heading
for p fifty six to the west ten west fast
moving
1333:54 FW blueridge two fifteen contact tower one two
zero point one
1333:57 BLR224 tower twenty point one blueridge two fifteen
good day
1334:00 FW blueridge two twenty four contact tower one
two eight point four two
1334:04 BLR224 have a good day blueridge two twenty four
1334:24 DCA hey thanks dulles ah we’re talking to ah p
fifty six on it
1334:44 FW november two tango sierra say your current
position
1334:48 N2TS ah two tango sierra’s current position is ah
1334:53 N2TS stand by let me check that out
1335
1335:05 N2TS two tango sierra is eight miles about west of
ah leesburg
1335:11 FW november two tango sierra ident please
1336
1336:14 FW november two tango sierra dulles approach
1336:17 N2TS two tango sierra
1336:19 FW november two tango sierra the entire country
has been ground stopped due to some ah incidents
of a severe nature if you would please contact
dulles approach on one two six point six five he
he will probably be able to give you some v f r
advisories ah i most ah likely expect that he’ll be unable to to provide an i f r clearance be
sure to remain v f r clear of class bravo twenty
six sixty five is the frequency
1336:46 N2TS okay twenty six sixty five two tango sierra
1337:00 who called
1337:21 DCA dulles i’m keepin gopher eight six um zero
six with me for a
1337:37 UAL1502 dulles approach united fifteen oh two five
thousand slowing to two hundred ten knots
1337:42 FW united fifteen oh five dulles approach unless
you need to slow please keep your speed up we
want to get you in as quickly as possible
descend and maintain four thousand
1337:49 UAL1502 okay speed back out five for four united
fifteen zero two
1338
1338:07 DCA hey ah dulles sixty two line no arrivals at
washington go into holding at washington
1338:41 DCA dulles sixty two line hold seven four uniform
papa
1339
1339:13 FW united fifteen zero two is two and a half from
erase maintain four thousand till erase cleared
i l s d m e runway one left approach
1339:20 UAL1502 goin to erase cleared to the i l s d m e
one left united fifteen zero two
1339:27
DCA anybody sixty two line
1339:32 FW final’s up go
1339:33 AS we’re ah contacting
1339:35 TMC everything everywhere
1339:38 DCA hey dulles
1339:39 FW go ahead
1339:40 DCA that guy hit the pentagon
1339:40 ND jesus christ
1339:41 FW oh my god
1339:42 DCA i know it
1339 :42 DCA just watch out
1340
1340:01 FW united fifteen zero two expect a ah extended
ground stop on your arrival to dulles
1340:11 UAL1502 okay ah thanks for your help united fifteen zero
two
1340:43 ZDC dulles south arrival
1340:44 SA go ahead
1340:45 FW ahm you’re going to need to talk to the
supervisor if they don’t know already we need
to start some evacuation stuff the pentagon’s
been hit
1340:52 SA alright i will let him know immediately
1340:54 FW okay
1340:56 FW united fifteen zero two contact tower one two
eight point four two
1341
1341:01 UAL1502 okay twenty eight forty two united fifteen oh
two so long
1341:08 ZDC dulles south arrival irons on the thirty
1341:14 UAL1984 dulles united nineteen eighty four with you
five thousand
1341:17 FW united nineteen eighty four dulles approach
seven miles from erase cross erase at or above
four thousand cleared i l s d m e runway one
left approach let’s keep your speed up as much
as practical i want to get you on the ground as
quickly as possible
1341:30 UAL1984 cleared one left ah we’ll do our best united
nineteen eighty four
1341:34 FW united nineteen eighty four you can expect an
extended ground stop delay indefinite once you
arrive to dulles
1341:40 UAL1984 yes maam
1342
1342:27 FW south departure final
1342:27 SD this is departure
1342:29 SD i don’t know who i am i’m both charges i guess
i don’t know
1342:31 FW you might want to tell two tango sierra that
we’re ground we’re sending everybody to the
ground and that i don’t know what kind of
service he’s going to get from richmond if any
1342:39 SD okay
1342:40 FW he might want to consider leesburg or manassas
1342:41 SD okay i’ll tell him what’s going on
1342:42 FW alright
1343
1343:58 SH danielle
1344:00 FW yeah i was just calling you
1344:01 SH i i i i got to
1344:01 FW seven u p manne is radar
1344:02 SH he’s going to six
1344:02 FW is expecting what the i l s
1344:04 SH he’s expecting the visual to one left
1344:06 FW okay i’m going to drop his tag and i’m going
to restart him as seven u p
1344:10 SH retag him okay
1344:12 SH alright and uhm medex will be the same thing
i gave him manne direct you’ll have to or i’ll
give him the turn to the downwind
1344:17 FW i’ll take care of everything
1344:20 SH i’ll switch him
1344:20 FW i’m going to dro p medex too
1344:21 SH okay y y
1344:40 FW united nineteen eighty four contact tower one
two eight point four two
1344:44 UAL1984 twenty eight forty two united nineteen eighty
four
1345
1345:21 N7UP dulles approach hawker seven four uh seven uniform pop level six thousand right to one
eight zero for one left
1345:28 FW hawker seven uniform papa dulles approach roger
you can expect an extended ground stop once you
arrive at dulles
1345:34 N7UP ah seven u p understand
1345:36 FW sir have you made any arrangements for parking
at dulles
1345:39 N7UP ah negative on that we just got the word
1345:42 FW okay
1345:47 WA i’ll go ahead and pull it over here
1345:49 FW okay ah i’ll tell you what let me take care of
two things and i’ll give it to you
1345:53 SD national emergency then there’s some terrorist
activity on or some of our monuments
1345:57 FW break for control
1345:59 SD yeah
1345:59 FW i’d like to descend seven uniform papa
1346
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