Author Topic: America West 556 Audio  (Read 5107 times)

Offline gregp108

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America West 556 Audio
« on: February 07, 2009, 12:58:46 AM »
Heres a challenge. Can someone find audio from the America West flight 556 which has pushed back on the taxiway, but called back to the gate by police because the pilots were drunk. It was at Miami international on July 1, 2002. I don't know if the archive can go back that far, but I think it would be priceless to hear the drunk pilots clearance read backs and their response to being called back to get arrested.



Offline KASWspotter

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Re: America West 556 Audio
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 11:15:43 PM »
Might get clearance delivery and pushback instructions. Thats about it as the towbar was never disconnected from the aircraft which in fact was part of the crews defense at trial. They claimed that since the towbar was never disconnected, they technically were not operating the plane. The judge still gave em both jail time. Captain got 5 years and co-pilot for 2 1/2 years. Archives definately dont go back that far. In this case I think the CVR would be the entertaining part. Below is my summary of how it probably went.

Ground: Cactus 556 return to the gate to meet police.
Crew: Oh shit.......