[Txsleuth]

And they got that from the voice recorder??

[Sting 11]

And they got that from the voice recorder??

Either off of the voice recorder or off of the tower's tapes. ATC keeps tapes for 45 days, and the tapes are pulled whenever there is an incident.

[usafsk]

ATC tapes. CVR and CDR are not read locally. They were at NTSB HQ in DC sometime this PM, but ATC tapes can be reviewed on site. Controllers, supes can review tapes at towers, other facilities pretty much right away.