ATC transcript Alitalia Flight 771 - 06 JUL 1962
Air Traffic Control transcription of the July 6, 1962 crash of an Alitalia DC-8 (Flight 771) near Junnar, India."
Source: ICAO Circular 71-AN/63 (p.83, 84)
Source: ICAO Circular 71-AN/63 (p.83, 84)
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Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
Notes: The following excerpts are based on messages on
HF/RT up until 1820 - thereafter they are from the transcript of a tape recorder.
| time | content |
|---|---|
| 1720 | First contact with Bombay FIC... off Bangkok 1516... ETA Bombay 1845 Flight Level 360, request weather forecast for the ETA. |
| 1747 | landing forecast 1730 GMT passed |
| 1801 | at flight level 350 |
| 1814 | Akola 1813, flight level 350, estimating Aurangabad 1826. Request descent clearance at 1826 |
| The aircraft changed to Bombay Approach frequency at 1820. | |
| 1820 | Aircraft requested to start descent when over Aurangabad, (AU) down to flightlevel 200. Approved. |
| 1822 | 1800 weather provided and acknowledged. |
| 1824:36:00 | ... leaving flight level 350 down to 200, Bombay at 45. |
| 1825 | cleared down to 4000 transition level, flight level 55 altimeter 29.59 inches |
| 1828:04:00 | weather passed, QNH 29.58 inches |
| 1829 | wish to land on runway 27 |
| 1838:34:00 | 771 was asked whether it would be making a three sixty over the marker or coming straight in from the outer marker for the landing |
| 1838:49:00 | "OK" |
| 1838:54:00 | "771 is leaving now five thousand three six zero on the outer marker" |
| "771 say again your last message" | |
| 1839:09:00 | "Say again please." |
| "771 unable to makeout your last message, will you please repeat." | |
| "771 please say again. " | |
| "771 request your intentions - Are you coming straight in from the outer marker for landing runway two, seven or making a three sixty over the outer marker then reporting leaving outer marker inbound over? " | |
| 1839:38:00 | "OK clear to the outer marker runway two seven make a three sixty on the outer marker then report the outer marker inbound for runway two seven. " |
| "Roger understand you will be making a three sixty over the outer marker Report leaving outer marker while proceeding making a three sixty." | |
| 1839:58:00 | "Roger will do Alitalia seven seven one. " |
