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CVR transcript China Air Lines Flight 605 - 04 NOV 1993
Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the November 4, 1993 accident of China Air Lines Flight 605, a Boeing 747-400 at Hong Kong.

The reader of these transcripts is cautioned that the transcription of a CVR tape is not a precise science but is the best possible product from a group investigative effort. The transcript, or parts thereof, if taken out of context can be misleading. Therefore, the CVR transcripts should only be viewed as an investigative tool to be used in conjunction with other evidence. Conclusions or interpretations should not be made using the transcript as the sole source of information.
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.

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3:30 CAL 605 Tower Dynasty Six Zero Five, Outer Marker.
  TWR Dynasty Six Zero Five, Continue Approach.
3:25 CAL 605 Six Zero Five
  P1 OK! Flaps Thirty.
  P2 Flap Thirty.
  P1 Thirty.
  P2 Landing Check
3:04 P2 Autobrakes. Set Two.
  P2 Speedbrakes
  P1 Armed.
2:58 P2 Landing Gears Down. Flaps Thirty.
  P1 Got the Checkerboard. Got the Checkerboard Roger. If you can see the Checkerboard, Tell Me.
2:42 TWR Dynasty Six Zero Five, Touch down wind Zero Seven Zero Dergree, Two Five knots. Expect sinking windshear turning short final. Cleared to Land.
2:33 CAL 605 Cleared to land and copied. Thank You.
  P2 070025.
2:27 P2 Couldn't hear windshear
  P1 Not Yet.
  P2 Not Yet. Yes Sir.
  P1 That Speed.
2:14 P2 Speed Bug Missing
  P1 Speed Bug Roger.
  P1 Whop! Alarm OK.
  P2 Strange.
  P1 153 OK.
  P2 Wind So Strong.
  CAM Minimums.
1:57 P2 Speed minus Five.
1:43 P2 Plus Ten.
  P1 Windshear at.... Windshear
  P2 Four Hundred Seven
  CAM Glideslope
  CAM Windshear
  CAM Windshear
1:21 CAM Glideslope
1:14 CAM Glideslope
  P2 Speed minus Five
1:09 CAM Glideslope
1:01 P2 One Hundred
  P1 Yes
0:54 P2 Fifty
  P2 Thirty
  P2 Twenty
  P2 Ten
0:46 P2 Five-Zero.
  CAM (Clicking Sound)
  P2 Yes
  P2 I roll stick
  CAM (Clicking Sound)
  P1 Wait a moment. Don't roll too much. Don't roll too much.
  P2 I haven't haven't roll
  P1 Right
0:27 P2 Autobrakes Don't have... OH! Sir Reverse.
  CAM (Clicking Sound)
  P2 OH! No! OH! No! OH! No! OH! No!
  CAM (Sound of engine increase)
  CAM (Sound of engines decrease)
  P1 Why......
  CAM (Clicking Sound)
0:06 P2 This Time, I Why Then....... (Panicky Tone)
  CAM (Sound of Splash)
0:00   End of Recording.
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