Following is a transcript from both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the last few minutes of EgyptAir Flight 990. The pilot is Ahmed Mahmoud El Habashy and the co-pilot is Gamil El Batouty. |
1:49:30 |
(Sound of two faint thumps and one louder thump.) |
1:49:44 |
Auto-pilot changes state from engaged to not engaged. |
1:49:45 |
Pitch attitude values decrease. |
1:49:47 |
(Sound of two clicks and two thumps.) |
1:49:48 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:49:51 |
Engine thrust reversed for Engine 1 and, a few seconds later, for Engine 2. |
1:49:52 |
Elevator positions changed to send nose downward. |
1:49:53 |
(One loud thump and three faint thumps.) |
1:49:57 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:49:58 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:49:58 |
(Four tones similar to Master Caution aural beeper.) |
1:50:00 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:01 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:02 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:04 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:04 |
(Sound of loud thump.) |
1:50:05 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:06 |
Pilot: Whats happening? Whats happening? |
1:50:07 |
(Sound of numerous thumps and clinks continue for approximately 15 seconds.) |
1:50:08 |
(Repeating hi-low tone similar to Master Warning aural starts and continues to the end of the recording.) |
1:50:08 |
Co-pilot: I rely on God. |
1:50:08 |
Pilot: Whats happening? |
1:50:15 |
Pilot: Whats happening, Gamil? Whats happening? |
1:50:19 |
(Four tones similar to Master Caution aural beeper.) |
1:50:20 |
Engines are cut off. |
1:50:21 |
Left elevator is set in the direction of the nose up while the right elevator is set in the direction of the nose down. |
1:50:24 |
Speed break activated. |
1:50:24 |
Pilot: What is this? What is this? Did you shut the engine(s)? |
1:50:25 |
Change and increase in sound. Heard only through first officers hot microphone system |
1:50:26 |
Pilot: Get away in the engines. |
1:50:28 |
Pilot: Shut the engines. |
1:50:29 |
Co-pilot: Its shut. |
1:50:31 |
Pilot: Pull. |
1:50:32 |
Pilot: Pull with me. |
1:50:34 |
Pilot: Pull with me. |
1:50:35 |
Last bit of data recorded. Altitude listed at 16,416 feet and airspeed at 458 knots. |
1:50:36 |
Pilot: Pull with me. |
1:50:38 |
End of recording. |