| CONTROLLER | TWA 800, climb and maintain one five thousand.
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| TWA 800 |
TWA 800 heavy, climb and maintain one five thousand, leaving (one) three thousand.
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(Last transmission heard from TWA 800)
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ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER
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| EASTWIND |
We just saw an explosion, out here, Stinger Bee 507.
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| CONTROLLER |
Stinger Bee 507, I'm sorry missed it, yeah your on 18, did you say something else?
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| EASTWIND |
We just saw an explosion up ahead of us here, somewhere about, about 16,000 feet or something like that, it just went down....
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| EASTWIND |
..in the water.
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| CONTROLLER |
(Garbled transmisions)
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| VIRGIN 009 |
Out of my nine o'clock position, sir, it looked like an explosion of some sort, about maybe six to five, six miles out from my nine o'clock position. |
| CONTROLLER |
Roger that, thank you very much sir, we're investigating that right now.
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| CONTROLLER |
TWA 800, Center... TWA eight zero zero, if you can hear Center, ident.
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A FEW MINUTES LATER
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| CONTROLLER |
TWA 800, Center.
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| CONTROLLER |
TWA 800, if you hear Center, ident.
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| CONTROLLER |
TWA 800, Center.
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| EASTWIND |
I think that was him.
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| CONTROLLER |
I think so.
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| EASTWIND |
God bless them.
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