Air Disasters: Dramatic black box flight recordings

FIRST OFFICER: Get him, Andy, get him!

AUTO WARNING HORN: Bank angle, bank angle.

[Sound of struggling in background] [Overspeed warning] [Series of clicks]

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Centre, centre, emergency! Centre, emergency!

AUTO WARNING HORN: Bank angle, bank angle.

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Centre, listen to me!

Express 705, I’ve been wounded. We’ve had an attempted takeover on board the aeroplane. Give me a vector

[direction] please, back to Memphis at this time. Hurry!

AUTO WARNING HORN: Bank angle, bank angle.

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Zero nine five, zero nine five, direct Memphis, get an ambulance and uh, alert the, uh, airport facility!

AUTO WARNING HORN: Bank angle, bank angle.

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Hey, Memphis, you still with me? [Struggling in background]

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Listen, hey, centre!

[Struggling in background]

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Centre, give me a heading to Memphis!

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Zero nine zero, roger, this is an emergency…! [Overspeed warning—series of clicks in background] [Struggling in background]

UNIDENTIFIED FROM REAR OF COCKPIT: Let go of it! [Sounds of struggle] Let go of the spear!

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: One zero, thousand, okay, keep me advised, where is Memphis? [Struggling in background]

FIRST OFFICER: Okay, say my direction to Memphis.

FIRST OFFICER: Look, just keep talking to me, okay?

CAPTAIN: Jim!

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Yeah, we need an ambulance and, uh, we need, uh, armed intervention as well.

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Down to 5000 feet.

FLIGHT ENGINEER: Put it on autopilot!

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR OF COCKPIT: I’ve got it!

FLIGHT ENGINEER: Help, the son of a bitch is biting me! [Sounds of struggle]

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR: Andy!

CAPTAIN FROM REAR OF COCKPIT: Put it on autopilot and come back here!

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR OF COCKPIT: Keep him back there guys, I’m flying!

CAPTAIN FROM REAR OF COCKPIT: Put it…

FLIGHT ENGINEER FROM REAR OF COCKPIT: Hurry up, Jim…

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: Request a single frequency.

FLIGHT ENGINEER FROM REAR: Jim!

FIRST OFFICER TO CENTRE: 19.1.

CAPTAIN FROM REAR: Jim, is it on autopilot?

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR OF COCKPIT: No, I got it.

CAPTAIN FROM REAR: Put it on autopilot and come back here!

FLIGHT ENGINEER FROM REAR: Quick, Jim!

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR: Okay.

CAPTAIN FROM REAR: Hurry, Jim! Come back here now!

FIRST OFFICER TO REAR: Okay…wait a minute, I’m coming.

CAPTAIN FROM REAR: Jim, do it now!

FLIGHT ENGINEER FROM REAR: Hurry, hurry!

[First officer exits co-pilot seat and goes to rear of cockpit]

FIRST OFFICER: You move, I’ll kill ya!

FIRST OFFICER TO CAPTAIN: Go up and get the aeroplane.

CAPTAIN: I’m going.

FIRST OFFICER: If you can.

CAPTAIN: Are you in control?

FIRST OFFICER: Yeah, can you take this?