Transcript of Original Tape Recording
Subject Accident DHX611 / BTC2937 of July 2, 2002
(midair collision)
Call Signs 611 Ù DHX611 Dilmun (DHL International)
6497 Ù EXS6497 Express (Channel Express)
933 Ù THA933 Thai Inter (Thai Airways)
4575 Ù TAR4575 Tunair (Tunis Air)
286 Ù NMB286 Nambia (Namib Air)
305 Ù BVR305 Bavarian (Bavaria)
935 Ù EZS935 Topswiss (Easyjet Switzerland)
256 Ù CRX256 Swiss (Swiss AirLines)
7791 Ù LTU7791 LTU (LTU)
6073 Ù SRR6073 White Star (Star Air)
5621 Ù MON5621 Monarch (Monarch Airlines)
505 Ù PGT505 Sunturk (Pegasus)
1135 Ù AEF1135 Aero Lloyd (Aero Lloyd Flugreisen)
2937 Ù BTC2937 Bravo Tango Charlie (Bashkirian Airlines)
5177 Ù XLA5177 Expo (Excel Aviation Limited, UK)
S RE Zurich South Sector Radar Executive
AR RE Zurich Arfa Sector Radar Executive (also A RE)
TSRP Telephone Zurich South Sector Radar Planner
TFHA Telephone Friedrichshafen Tower
Frequency Zurich South Sector / S RE 128.050 MHz
Zurich Arfa Sector / AR RE 119.920 MHz
To From Time UTC Communication
S RE 611 21:20: 08 Zurich äh..Radar, ah.. good evening, DHX611, I’m
climbing flight level 260, direct to*…..
*unreadable
T**? TSRP :09 go ahead?
TSRP T**? :10 du hast noch den Exjet noch, 6497
T**? TSRP :12 ja, er kommt rüber
TSRP T**? :13 ja, danke
**RHI, FRA oder MUN
611 S RE :16 say again, sorry
6497 S RE :19 EXS6497, contact rhine 120 93
S RE 6497 :24 Rhine 127 93, 6497, correction, 120 93
S RE 933 :31 control, THA933, good evening
933 S RE :34 THA933, good evening, route Trasadingen – ALGOI
933 S RE :43 THA933, did you copy?
S RE 933 :46 äh…copied THA933, please, say again
933 S RE :48 proceed Trasadingen – ALGOI
S RE 933 :53 “transangen” to ALGOI, THA933
933 S RE :56 Tango – Romeo – Alpha then ALGOI
S RE 933 :59 roger, Tango – Romeo – Alpha and then ALGOI
4575 S RE :21:03 TAR4575, direct Trezzo
S RE 4575 :07 direct to Trezzo. 4575, thank you
286 S RE :11 NMB286, proceed direct Genua
S RE 286 :14 direct Genova, NMB286
305 S RE :16 BVR305, descend flight level 220
S RE 305 :20 descending flight level 220, BVR three o five
935 S RE :24 EZS äh..935, äh.. proceed direct TORPA
S RE 935 :31 direct to Hochwald, EZS935, confirm?
935 S RE :34 TORPA
S RE 935 :36 ah, to TORPA, 935, thank you
S RE 256 :39 CRX256, maintaining flight level 270
256 S RE :41 thank you, for further contact Padua 120 decimal 72. bye bye
S RE 256 :46 20 72. bye-bye, thank you
S RE 611 21:21:50 äh… Swiss Radar, good evening, DHX611, just levelling
flight level 260, direct ABESI
611 S RE :56 DHX611, squawk 7524
S RE 611 :59 7524, 611
305 S RE :22:06 and BVR305, Initially cleared level 270
S RE 305 :11 cleared level 270, BVR three o five
611 S RE :54 DHX611, Identified, climb flight level 320, direct TGO
S RE 611 :59 roger, climb flight level 320, direct TGO, and requesting
360, thanks if it’s available
611 S RE :23:04 roger, expect äh… further climb in äh… four to five minutes
S RE 611 :06 611 thanks
7791 S RE :11 LTU7791, now direct Tango, descend level 120
S RE 7791 :20 direct Tango, level 120, confirm for LTU7791?
7791 S RE :25 LTU7791, you’re cleared flight level 120, and you may proceed
direct Tango
S RE 7791 :31 thank you, direct to Tango, level 120, LTU7791
6073 S RE :35 SRR6073, contact Rhine 120 decimal 930, good-bye
S RE 6073 :40 120 930, SRR6073
5621 S RE :51 MON5621, after Hochwald direct Luxeuil
S RE 5621 :55 Hochwald – Luxeuil, MON5621
7791 S RE :24:16 LTU7791, rate two thousand feet a minute or more now, until
passing level 150
S RE 7791 :23 two thousand or more, until out of 150, LTU7791
TRHA TSRP :25:43 ***……….. (dead phoneline) end :25:49
*** first try to reach EDNY
S RE 935 :52 and the EZS935 is reaching level 240, for higher
935 S RE :56 thank you, Sri, contact Reims 134 4, good-bye
S RE 935 :59 134 4, EZS935, bye-bye
305 S RE 26:06 BVR305, descend level 220
S RE 305 :09 descending level 220, BVR three o five
305 S RE 21:26:12 right, what ist your rate of climb, äh rate of descend now?
S RE 305 :14 two tousand, BVR three o five
305 S RE :17 roger, maintain to thousand or more, out of flight level äh… 250
S RE 305 :21 will maintain two thousand or more, out of 250, BVR three o five
286 S RE :25 NMB286, climb flight level 350
S RE 286 :29 climb level 350, NMB286
611 S RE :36 DHX611, climb flight level 360
S RE 611 :39 climb flight level 360, DHX611
4575 S RE :44 TAR4575, contact Rome 132 decimal 9, bye-bye
S RE 4575 :49 132 decimal 9, TAR4575
505 S RE :27:00 PGT505, contact Reims 133 decimal 830, bye-bye
S RE 505 :07 133 830, bye-bye, 505
286 S RE :34 NMB286, contact Roma 132 decimal 9, bye-bye
S RE 286 :38 132 9, thanks, NMB286
7791 S RE :28:04 LTU7791, contact Stuttgart 125 05, bye-bye
S RE 7791 :13 25 05, LTU7791, bye-bye
S RE 305 :56 BVR three o three*, äähm… approaching flight level 220
*says “three o three”
305 S RE :29:01 BVR305, contact Frankfurt 127 05, bye-bye
S RE 305 :06 127 05, BVR three o three, five, bye-bye
TFHA TSRP :29:25 ****…………
****second try to reach EDNY, first time via by pass-nr., it rings and….
TFHA TSRP :37 *****
*****Tape: “tü-tü-tüüt, die gewünschte Verbindung ist nich möglich, bitte überprüfen Sie
die Rufnummer” and the same once in French and….
TFHA TSRP :44 ....“hel”.... ******........... end :29:50
******....once in Italian
AR RE 1135 21:30:07 “Zürich grüezi”, äh… AEF äh…1135, descending flight level 80
S RE 2937 :11 Zurich, good evening, BTC2937
1135 A RE :18 AEF1135, roger, äh… call you back
2937 S RE :26 station calling say again, please
S RE 2937 :28 äh, Zurich, good evening, BTC2937, level 360
2379 S RE :33 BTC2937, squawk äh.. 7520
AR RE 1135 :34 and AEF äh..1135 is inbound the final approach fix for ILS
runway 24
1135 A RE :44 “ja” expect so, call you back shortly
933 S RE 31:15 THA933, contact now Munich 132 decimal 140, good-bye
S RE 933 :20 132 140, THA933, good-bye
5621 S RE :26 MON5621, contact Reims 133 decimal 830, bye-bye
S RE 5621 :32 133 830, MON5621
AR RE 1135 :32:15 and AEF äh…1135, request lower
1135 A RE :19 AEF1135, descend flight level 70
AR RE 1135 :23 descending flight level 70, AEF1135
1135 A RE :28 correct, what is your present heading?
AR RE 1135 :30 present heading is 265
1135 A RE :33 roger, right turn heading 280, vectors ILS 24
AR RE 1135 :37 right heading 280, for.. to expect ILS 24, AEF1135
TFHA TSRP :50 *******…………..
******third try to reach EDNY, second time via by pass-nr.,
handdialing, it rings and…
TFHA TSRP :33:08 ********………….
********Tape:”tü-tü-tüüt, die gewünschte Verbindung…” etc
TFHA TSRP :11 “du das geht auch nicht” end :33:15
1135 A RE :34:03 AEF1135?
AR RE 1135 :05 AEF1135, go ahead, Sir?
1135 A RE 21:34:08 “ja”, I lost my phone connection to Friedrichshafen, äh…could
you please call them on your second set äh... 124 decimal 35
and äh.. tell them you’re coming ILS 24, with äh... twenty miles
now?
AR RE 1135 :21 okay, will do
1135 A RE :22 thank you
1135 A RE :26 and AEF1135, descend five thousand five hundred
AR RE 1135 :30 descending five thousand five hundred, AEF1135
1135 A RE :35 ONH is 1008
AR RE 1135 :38 1008, five thousand five hundred, AEF1135
2937 S RE :49 the BTC2937, äh descend flight level äh… 350, expedite, I
have crossing traffic end :34:57
2937 S RE :35:03 BTC2937, descend level 350, expedite descent end :35:07
S RE 2937 :07 expedite descent level 350, BTC2937 end :35:12
AR RE 1135 :09 and “Zürich” from the AEF1135?
2937 S RE :13 “ja”, we have traffic at your… 2 o’clock now at 360
end :35:17
S RE 611 :19 *………six hundred..äh TCAS-descent
*unreadable, probably 35 canadian pilot on R/T, other pilot’s
voice coming through open mike
AR RE 1135 :21 “Zürich” from the AEF1135?
1135 A RE :25 “ja” go ahead?
AR RE 1135 :27 we have äh… positive contact with äh... Friedrichshafen äh…
Radar
1135 A RE :31 ah okay, turn left heading 240, interoept ILS 24, desvend four
thousand feet
S RE 5177 :31 Zurich, XLA5177, maintaining flight level 360
21:35:32 Kollision beider Flugzeuge (Anmerkung der Redaktion)
AR RE 1135 :37 left 240, cleared ILS 24, AEF äh…1135
:37 **…… / / / /
**morse on frequency
ATTN = attention
:44 ***…….
***first windy noise
AR RE 1135 :45 can we go äh… Friedrichshafen?
:47 ****…..
**** second loud windy noise
1135 A RE :50 affirm, bye-bye
AR RE 1135 :51 bye-bye
2937 S RE 21:36:01 BTC2937?
2937 S RE :23 BTC2937?
-end-
there aren’t any coordination calls between Friedrichshafen and
Zurich, due to nonfonction of the phone connection