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Figure Two
Transcription of Voice Tape
| Time (Hours, Minutes, Seconds) | Voice | Message |
| 18:59:35 | Air traffic control | Northwest 985, go ahead |
| 18:59:36 | Northwest flight crew | Were just curious. We’re lookin ahead at twelve o’clock. You’re working on a formation, a flight of two? (Northwest 985 has spotted objects and is asking air traffic control if they have any traffic in the area of the sighting.) |
| 18:59:38 | Air traffic control | Ah, at what altitude? |
| 18:59:39 | Northwest flight crew | Ah, I guess ours, maybe a little higher. (Flight 985 was flying at 35,000 feet) |
| 18:59:42 | Air traffic control | Ahhhh, negative |
| 18:59:43 | Northwest flight crew | O.K. I guess it’s spots on the windscreen |
| 19:01:37 | Air traffic control | Northwest 985, we’re not showing any aircraft in your area above or below you. |
| 19:01:40 | Northwest flight crew | Northwest 985, are you still seeing the targets? |
| 19:04:18 | Northwest flight crew | Yes sir, we sure are. |
| 19:04:19 | Air traffic control | And how far out in front of you are they, and are they goin’ the same direction? |
| 19:04:22 | Northwest flight crew | It’s hard to tell. I think they’re definitely moving away from us. Ah, I guess they’re going in a westerly direction.// Ah, probably fifteen, twenty miles maybe. |
| 19:04:25 | Air traffic control | Are you getting’ anything on the TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) at all? |
| 19:04:26 | Northwest flight crew | Ah, negative. |
| 19:04:51 | Air traffic control | And would you say there are two formation flights, two apiece, ah two of two? |
| 19:04:53 | Northwest flight crew | Well right now all I can see is ah, two aircraft. And, ah, originally, well I say, I take that back, I see three of them, I’d say two and two. |
| 19:11:53 | Air traffic control | NW 985, here’s the website. |
| 19:11:54 | Northwest flight crew | O.K. ready. |
| 19:11:55 | Air traffic control | Ah, www November uniform foxtrot oscar romeo charley dot org. |
| 19:12:01 | Northwest flight crew | I know what those three letters in the middle are. Ah O.K. - www November – uniform – foxtrot – oscar – romeo – charley dot org |
