The Polish government released the awaited transcript of the black box from the cockpit of the president’s ill-fated plane that crashed on April 10, killing all 95 on board. The transcript reveals that the pilots ignored repeated warnings from the plane’s automatic warning systems that it was on a dangerous collision course.
The full document is published on the Ministry of the Interior and Administration’s website.
Several minutes before catching the top trees and then crashing, the plane’s terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) had warned the pilots to pull up the plane eight times.
TWAS issues warnings if an aircraft is in an unsafe trajectory toward the earth or an object.
The transcript reveals that the pilots knew the conditions were dangerous for landing. It is unclear why the pilots waited until it was too late to maneuver the aircraft out of danger.
The recording begins at 10:04 a.m. and ends 37 minutes later at 10:41, the time of the crash.
From 10:26 a.m [pilot]: “At this moment, under these conditions, which exist at this moment, we won’t be able to land. We will try to make an approach, we’re going to make one attempt, but most likely, it’s not going to work out.”
The Polish government published the 41-page transcript to stem media speculation over reasons for the crash. Official investigations have concluded that pilot error was to blame. The audio version of the transcript will be available in two to three weeks.
The transcripts include conversations between the cabin crew, dispatchers and the crew of the Polish air force Yak-40, which had landed successfully at the same airport earlier in the day.
The transcript confirms that a non-crew passenger was in the cockpit talking to the pilots. Last week, Polish officials had said one of the unidentified persons was Polish air force Gen. Andjei Blasik.
There is no agreement between Polish and Russian officials as to whether the non-crew passengers influenced the pilots to make the final decision to land. The Polish media has widely speculated that the president may have ordered the pilot to land. There is no direct evidence of this in the transcript. Much of the recorded conversation is one-sided and ambiguous.
At 10:26 a.m [unidentified speaker]: “Right now we don’t have the president’s decision about what to do next.”
Poland’s then-President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and the plane full of top officials were killed in the crash in a foggy forest near Smolensk Russia on April 10.
The delegation had been heading to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the mass execution of Polish elite during World War II at Katyn forest, 12 miles from the tragedy site.
The full document is published on the Ministry of the Interior and Administration’s website.
Several minutes before catching the top trees and then crashing, the plane’s terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) had warned the pilots to pull up the plane eight times.
TWAS issues warnings if an aircraft is in an unsafe trajectory toward the earth or an object.
The transcript reveals that the pilots knew the conditions were dangerous for landing. It is unclear why the pilots waited until it was too late to maneuver the aircraft out of danger.
The recording begins at 10:04 a.m. and ends 37 minutes later at 10:41, the time of the crash.
From 10:26 a.m [pilot]: “At this moment, under these conditions, which exist at this moment, we won’t be able to land. We will try to make an approach, we’re going to make one attempt, but most likely, it’s not going to work out.”
The Polish government published the 41-page transcript to stem media speculation over reasons for the crash. Official investigations have concluded that pilot error was to blame. The audio version of the transcript will be available in two to three weeks.
The transcripts include conversations between the cabin crew, dispatchers and the crew of the Polish air force Yak-40, which had landed successfully at the same airport earlier in the day.
The transcript confirms that a non-crew passenger was in the cockpit talking to the pilots. Last week, Polish officials had said one of the unidentified persons was Polish air force Gen. Andjei Blasik.
There is no agreement between Polish and Russian officials as to whether the non-crew passengers influenced the pilots to make the final decision to land. The Polish media has widely speculated that the president may have ordered the pilot to land. There is no direct evidence of this in the transcript. Much of the recorded conversation is one-sided and ambiguous.
At 10:26 a.m [unidentified speaker]: “Right now we don’t have the president’s decision about what to do next.”
Poland’s then-President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and the plane full of top officials were killed in the crash in a foggy forest near Smolensk Russia on April 10.
The delegation had been heading to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the mass execution of Polish elite during World War II at Katyn forest, 12 miles from the tragedy site.
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