You are correct. The public only receives written transcripts of the relevant sections of tape only. Off-topic conversations, meaning anything that is not relevant to the air accident, are not released. The audio files are not released to the public.
The very last words are often relevant to explaining the sequence. They are often “oh shit!” or equivalent as the ground appears in front of them. It can help tell the difference between a flight crew that knew what was going on but couldn’t fix it and one which lost situational awareness
He does such a good job. I wish he’d be a bit less clickbait-y, but I understand private equity investment means he kinda has to play the game, like many other very good YouTube channels (Veritasium springs to mind).
You are correct. The public only receives written transcripts of the relevant sections of tape only. Off-topic conversations, meaning anything that is not relevant to the air accident, are not released. The audio files are not released to the public.
And since prayer is not relevant to the air accident …
The very last words are often relevant to explaining the sequence. They are often “oh shit!” or equivalent as the ground appears in front of them. It can help tell the difference between a flight crew that knew what was going on but couldn’t fix it and one which lost situational awareness
Like the flight where the pilots got lost above Kathmandu and flew right into a cliff like driving into a wall.
(I saw an Air Disasters/Mayday/Air Crash Investigation episode about that one years ago and it really stuck with me. Recently Mentour Pilot did a good episode about it.)
I get all my air accident info from Mentour Pilot these days :)
He does such a good job. I wish he’d be a bit less clickbait-y, but I understand private equity investment means he kinda has to play the game, like many other very good YouTube channels (Veritasium springs to mind).