[Scan-DC] RE: Major FAA communications problem

[Andrew Clegg]

While cruising liveatc.net, I noticed a page containing dozens of links of 
audio clips from tower comms. Some were humorous, but some were downright 
scary, like the private pilot with no IFR rating who gets disoriented in bad 
weather and starts screaming at the controller "I'm going to die! I'm going 
to die! Help me please!" Or the audio of a few near-misses and missed 
approaches, or the last moments of the flight last month in Massachusetts 
with the pilot flying the cancer patient to the hospital, whose plane 
crashed into the shopping mall parking lot. The controller was telling him 
that his transponder was showing his altitude as being too low, he needed to 
climb immediately. The pilot responded that he was climbing and turning 
right to 030.  Then the controller kept calling the pilot asking him if he 
was having trouble because his altitude was showing as varying up and down 
... no reply. He asked other pilots on approach to monitor 121.5 for an ELT 
signal.

Very interesting audio files on that site. The link is 
http://www.liveatc.net/recordings.php. You have to register (no charge) to 
play the audio files.

Andy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard W3CQH" <hsgorden at comcast.net>
To: "Ed Tobias" <edtobias at comcast.net>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] RE: Major FAA communications problem


> both sites seem to have the same information.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Tobias" <edtobias at comcast.net>
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] RE: Major FAA communications problem
>
>
>> Actually, it IS liveatc.com.  Listening to Logan's (Boston's) clearance 
>> delivery during the outage I heard one controller tell a pilot who was 
>> stuck at the gate..."Make some new coffee and get a snack."
>>
>> Live atc is a great site...with ATC comms from around the world.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Andrew Clegg" <w4jecom at w4je.com>
>> To: <w4jecom at w4je.com>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:53 PM
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] RE: Major FAA communications problem
>>
>>
>>> Correction -- liveatc.net.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Andrew Clegg [mailto:w4jecom at w4je.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:49 PM
>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Major FAA communications problem
>>>
>>>
>>> CNN is reporting major nationwide FAA "communications problem" dealing 
>>> with
>>> flight plan clearances is wreaking havoc with air traffic. Might be
>>> interesting listening on clearance/delivery freqs. Miles O'Brien on CNN
>>> mentioned "liveatc.com" as a site for listening to ATC at difference
>>> airports.
>>>
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