KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The transcript of the radio and
telephone communications regarding Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 showed
'Romeo November Delta, Malaysian one seven' being the final radio
transmission from the cockpit of the jetliner which crashed in July.
Subsequent transmissions indicated air traffic controllers tried to communicate with the plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 298 people aboard, to no avail.
That final radio transmission made by the crew was recorded at 13.19:56 hours UTC (coordinated universal time) and ended at 13.19:59 hours, according to the preliminary report on the July 17 crash issued by the Dutch Safety Board today.
"Shortly after 13.20 hours, both Ukraine and Russian Federation (air traffic control surveillance) radar lost contact with the aircraft," it said.
It said prior to the crash, Flight MH17 was under the control of Dnipropetrovs'k air traffic control (ATC) centre (Dnipro Radar).
The report said Dnipro made a radio transmission to Flight MH17 which began at 13.20:00 hours.
"At 13.20:00 hours, Dnipro cleared Flight MH17 to fly direct to waypoint TIKNA...this clearance was not read back," it said.
The document said the crew did not respond to this transmission or subsequent transmissions.
From that time until 13.35:50 hours, Dnipro Radar called Flight MH17 several times but no answer was received.
"No distress message was received from the aircraft at any point in time by the ATC," the report said.
Communications between Dnipro and Rostov air traffic controllers indicated the silence they got after the last transmission from the Malaysian Boeing 777-200.
The report said the crew of another aircraft that was flying in the area was asked if they had Flight MH17 in sight or if it was visible on their instruments.
The crew of that aircraft, it said, answered in the negative.
The transcript showed that an air traffic controller at Dnipro at one point communicated this to his or her counterpart in Rostov: "Yes, it's (MH17 has) disappeared."
The report stated that Flight MH17 was flying in unrestricted airspace.
There were no survivors in the tragedy which included 43 Malaysians.
Subsequent transmissions indicated air traffic controllers tried to communicate with the plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 298 people aboard, to no avail.
That final radio transmission made by the crew was recorded at 13.19:56 hours UTC (coordinated universal time) and ended at 13.19:59 hours, according to the preliminary report on the July 17 crash issued by the Dutch Safety Board today.
"Shortly after 13.20 hours, both Ukraine and Russian Federation (air traffic control surveillance) radar lost contact with the aircraft," it said.
It said prior to the crash, Flight MH17 was under the control of Dnipropetrovs'k air traffic control (ATC) centre (Dnipro Radar).
The report said Dnipro made a radio transmission to Flight MH17 which began at 13.20:00 hours.
"At 13.20:00 hours, Dnipro cleared Flight MH17 to fly direct to waypoint TIKNA...this clearance was not read back," it said.
The document said the crew did not respond to this transmission or subsequent transmissions.
From that time until 13.35:50 hours, Dnipro Radar called Flight MH17 several times but no answer was received.
"No distress message was received from the aircraft at any point in time by the ATC," the report said.
Communications between Dnipro and Rostov air traffic controllers indicated the silence they got after the last transmission from the Malaysian Boeing 777-200.
The report said the crew of another aircraft that was flying in the area was asked if they had Flight MH17 in sight or if it was visible on their instruments.
The crew of that aircraft, it said, answered in the negative.
The transcript showed that an air traffic controller at Dnipro at one point communicated this to his or her counterpart in Rostov: "Yes, it's (MH17 has) disappeared."
The report stated that Flight MH17 was flying in unrestricted airspace.
There were no survivors in the tragedy which included 43 Malaysians.
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