Hudson Plane Cockpit Radio: Raw Tape Audio Released to Public by AP

Pilot told controllers he was going into river. Hear the pilot of Flight 1549 tell confused controllers that he's landing in the river. WASHINGTON Just before he ditched into New York's Hudson River last month, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 calmly radioed to air traffic controllers, "We're going to be in the Hudson." The audio recordings, released Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration, reflect the initial tension between tower controllers and the cockpit and then confusion about whether the passenger jet went into the river. "Emergency inbound," one tower controller says as he tries to arrange for the stricken plane to land at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. "Can I get him in for Runway One?" the controller at New York TRACON, the Terminal Radar Approach Control Center in Westbury, NY, asks the tower at Teterboro. "Runway One, that's good," says the tower controller at Teterboro. "Cactus 1529 turn right two-eight-zero" for Teterboro, the TRACON controller orders the plane's pilot. Cactus is the call sign used by controllers for US Airways; the FAA says the controller, in the intense situation, got the flight number wrong. "We can't do it," replies the plane's pilot. "Which runway would you like at Teterboro?" asks the tower at LaGuardia. "We're going to be in the Hudson," the pilot replies. "I'm sorry, say again Cactus" an air traffic controller responded after hearing the pilot's message that he was ditching the Airbus A320. There was no response from ...



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