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Memorandum US Department of Transportation

ZBW-ARTCC-148 AAL11

Federal Aviation Administration

subject: INFORMATION: Full Transcript; Aircraft Accident; AAL11; New York, NY; September 11, 2001 r

Date: February 15, 2002 Rep'yTo Attn of:

From: Boston ARTCC TO: Aircraft Accident File ZBW-ARTCC-148 This transcription covers the Boston ARTCC Gardner Sector, Sector 36, Radar Associate Position for the time period from September 11, 2001, 1225 UTC to September 11, 2001, 1237 UTC. Agencies Making Transmissions Cessna N2771J Boston ARTCC Gardner Sector Radar Position Relieving Controller Boston ARTCC Gardner Sector Radar Position N64W Northwest Orient Airlines Inc. Flight 348 Commutair Flight 2480 N3337J Boston ARTCC Albany Sector Radar Position Pennsylvannia Commuter Airlines, Inc. Flight 3899 Unknown Boston ARTCC Gardner Sector Radar Associate Position Delta Air Lines Inc. Flight 2031 Boston ARTCC Canan Sector Radar Position Comanche 6345D Commutair Flight 2433 Continental Air Lines Inc. Flight 389 N43790

Abbreviations N2771J 36RR 36R N64W NWA348 UCA2480 N3337J 22R ALO3899 UNK 36RA DAL2031 21R N6345D UCA2433 COA389 N43790

I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving AAL11:

Robert K. Jones Support Specialist, Quality Assurance Boston ARTCC

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1225 1225:03

N2771J

boston center Cessna two seven seven one Juliet

1225:12

36RR

november two seven seven one Juliet go ahead

1225.16

N2771J

two seven seven one Juliet is level at five thousand five and ah v f r to urn nashua new hampshire squawking four six four one

1225:24

36RR

roger

1225.26

36R

november six four whiskey traffic twelve o'clock three miles opposite at sixty five hundred

1225:32

N64W

six four—*(four whiskey) we're looking for him

1225:35

36R

jim the same old thing's happin here again he's on ya you heard him call ya he's looking for him he's on ya ship him sign in

1225:39

36RR

okay

1225:50

N64W

four whiskey in sight

1225:52

36R

roger

1226 1226:01

36R

northwest three forty eight contact boston approach one one eight point two five

1226:06

NWA348

one one eight two five northwest three forty eight good day

1226:10

36R

so long commutair twenty four eighty contact manchester approach one three four point seven five

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1226:14 1227 1228 1228:48

UCA2480

thirty four seventy five so long twenty four eighty

N3337J

boston center thirty three thirty seven Juliet is with you descending to five thousand

1228:54

36R

november three three seven Juliet boston center roger

1229 1229:01

22R

hello

1229:02

36R

gardner

1229:03

22R

uh bye

1229:09

ALO3899

center allegheny thirty eight ninety nine one seven thousand good morning

1229:11

36R

allegheny thirty eight ninety nine boston center good morning

1230 1230:36

UNK

(unintelligible)

1230:38

22R

i'm not gonna do it

1230:39

36RA

hey henry

1230:40

22R

yeah

1230:41

36RA

see that see that primary just south of the delta twenty thirty one

1230:43

22R

yeah

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1230:44

36RA

see if you can get an altitude out of that delta and see what he's at—if he can gu guestamate it

1230:48

22R

okay i don't have him you'll have to go to sector twe uh twenty one

1230:51

36RA

twenty one

1230:52

22R

yeah

1230:53

36RA

alright

1230:54

DAL2031

for delta twenty thirty one

1230:55

21R

thirty out at eleven and the altimeter for bradley three zero zero niner

1230:59

DAL2031

okay thirty out and thirty o nine thank you

1231:02

21R

go ahead (unintelligible)

1231:03

36RA

hey delta twenty thirty one you still talkin to him

1231:06

21R

yes i have him

1231:07

36RA

see the primary just south of him by about six miles

1231:10

21R

uh wait a minute here i gotta turn my primary on its shut offokay (unintelligible)

1231:15

36RA

are you lookin at seven five november there too

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21R

no american eleven huh (unintelligible)

1231:19

36RA

(unintelligible)Ihejarjobierriis we don't know what altitude he's -9tJD.^welreJryjng to get a report we've lost everything radios communication, everything with him we think If s a hijack we don't know yet though

1231:23

21R

oh—oh (unintelligible)

1231:29

21R

interesting okay

1231:30

36RA

we're trying to get a report *(out of a plane to see if we can figure out what kind of altitude he's at) or if they have any idea

1231:35

21R

alright ill see what i can uh come up with here

1231:38

36RA

alright thanks

1231:39

21R

november seven five november

1231:39

36R

maintain three thousand one hundred report keene in sight for visual approach

1231:44

N3337J

okay thirty one hundred and i think we're going to need the i I s today

1231:56

36R

beechcraft three seven Juliet roger cross cahow at or above three thousand one hundred cleared i I s approach *(in to) keene

1232:01

N3337J

okay thirty one hundred at cahow we are cleared for the i I s three thirty three seven Juliet

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36R

nice day here in nashua didn't even check the keene weather

1232:14

N3337J

*(yeah) i got that little bank of fog sitting right over the airport shouldn't be there long though

1232:18

36R

yeah awas reporting uh wind calm visibility one quarter of *(a) mile sitting overcast at *(one fifty) temperature is one three and the uh dew point is missing

1232:30

N3337J

okay sir thank you

1232:32

36R

altimeter keene three zero one zero

1233 1233:18

N6345D

good morning boston center comanche november six three four five delta

1233:22

36R

comanche six three four five delta go ahead

1233:25

N6345D

yeah we're about fifteen miles west of keene climbing to seven thousand five hundred enroute to burlington like for you to squawk for advisories please

1233:33

36R

comanche four five delta squawk three five four three

1233:37

N6345D

uh that's three five four three for four five delta thanks

1233:56

36R

commutair twenty uh four thirty three descend and maintain five thousand

1234 1234:01

UCA2433

out of thirteen for five thousand twenty four thirty three

1234:04

36R

commutair twenty four thirty three expedite your descent through seven please

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UCA2433

through uh seven commutair twenty four thirty three

1234:46

36R

commutair twenty four thirty three contact manchester approach one three four point seven five

1234:50

UCA2433

over to manchester twenty four thirty three good day

1235 1235:05

COA389

hello boston continental three eighty nine *(down to twenty one five) descending to flight level one eight zero

1235:08

36R

continental three eighty nine boston center roger cross two five miles west of manchester at nine thousand manchester altimeter three zero zero seven

1235:16

COA389

twenty five west of manchester at niner thousand and uh three zero zero seven continental three eighty nine

1236 1236:03

36R

commutair twenty four thirty three contact manchester approach one three four point seven five

1236:25

N43970

center good morning four three nine seven zeros checkin in crossing six thousand for eight thousand five hundred good morning

1236:31 1237

36R

november nine seven zero boston center roger End of Transcript

*This portion of the re-recording is not entirely clear, but this represents the best interpretation possible under the circumstances.