UN Bombardier CRJ-100 4L-GAE (April 4, 2011)

Date: April 4, 2011
Passengers: 29
Crew: 4
Fatalities: 32
Cause: Aircraft encountered a severe downdraft just after initiating a go-around, leading to loss of altitude and crash


Legend:
CAM     Cockpit area microphone or sound source
RDO     Radio transmission from accident aircraft
EGPWS   Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
APP		Kinshasa Approach
CTL		Area Control
TWR		Kinshasa Tower
ATC		Air traffic control (?)
GPWS	Ground Proximity Warning System
-1      Voice identified as captain
-2      Voice identified as co-pilot
-?      Voice unidentified
*       Unintelligible word
@       Non-pertinent word
#       Expletive
( )     Questionable insertion
(( ))   Editorial insertion
[ ]		Translation from Russian/Georgian
...     Pause
Times expressed in UTC.


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1253:29		APP		UNO eight three four, position now?

1253:33		RDO-2	Position one four miles inbound, maintaining 4500

1253:37		APP		Ready for descend?

1253:40		CAM-1	Affirm descending

1253:41		RDO-2	Affirm, descending to 3500

1253:44		ATC		Charlie, Charlie, descend to 3500 feet

1253:48		RDO-2	Will call you

1254:00		CAM-2	[Did they move? No, it's exactly there]

1254:04		CAM-2	Got runway in-sight

1254:07		CAM-1	[Where is the] runway?

1254:08		CAM-2	[Over there, on our right, there]

1254:13		CAM-1	[Did you switch on] Cont-ignition?

1254:15		CAM-2	[Yes, I switched it on, yes], runway in-sight, [there is nothing there, only] radar [shows...]

1254:20		CAM-2	[Go to the right, I would say, there is nothing there]

1254:28		CAM-1	Report established

1254:31		CAM-2	**

1254:35		CAM-2	[See, see, see,] runway in-sight, [there is nothing there]

1254:41		RDO-2	United Nation eight three four, localizer established, runway two four, 3500 feet

1254:47		APP		On one one eight decimal one, good landing (wish you)

1254:49		RDO-2	On one one eight decimal one, thank you, good bye

1254:51		CAM-2	[Well, that is, don't you see?]
			CAM		((sound of autopilot disengagement))

1254:53		CAM-1	[Okay, in sight, I see]

1254:55		RDO-2	Kinshasa Tower, United Nation eight three four, localizer established, runway two four, good afternoon

1255:02		TWR		UN eight three four, Kinshasa Tower, good afternoon, report on short final, runway two four

1255:10		RDO-2	Call you on short final two four, eight three four

1255:20		CAM-1	Flaps eight

1255:21		CAM-2	Speed normal, gear extension

1255:23		CAM-1	Continue, flaps eight

1255:29		TWR		Eight three four, winds now two eight zero degrees, 25 knots

1255:31		CAM-2	#

1255:35		CAM-2	Cabin crew, prepare for landing please

1255:36		CAM-1	Copied

1255:37		RDO-2	Copied, copied, eight three four

1255:44		CAM-1	[That is it], 3500

1255:46		CAM-2	[Well]

1255:49		CAM-1	Flaps thirty

1255:51		CAM-2	Speed normal, flaps thirty
			CAM		((sound of single chime))

1255:53		CAM		((sound of over speed warning (clacker) for 25s))

1255:56		CAM-2	Flight spoilers deployed

1256:00		CAM		((sound of single chime))

1256:03		GPWS	Five hundred

1256:05		CAM-2	[Well], five hundred above

1256:06		CAM-1	Flaps forty-five

1256:08		CAM-2	[Well], speed not normal

1256:10		GPWS	Minimums

1256:11		CAM-2	[Reduce speed a little bit]

1256:12		CAM-1	Flaps forty-five

1256:13		CAM-2	Flaps forty-five

1256:15		CAM-1	Speed V-ref

1256:16		CAM-2	Speed V-reference

1256:18		CAM-1	Flight director off

1256:20		GPWS	Three hundred

1256:21		CAM-2	OK, three hundred

1256:22		CAM		((sound of rain falling on windscreen, until end of recording))

1256:26		CAM-1	[Switch on canopy windscreen wipers!]

1256:30		CAM-2	[No, nothing in sight, let's go around!]

1256:32		CAM-1	Go around, flaps eight

1256:33		CAM-2	OK

1256:34		CAM-2	Flaps eight

1256:38		RDO-2	United Nation eight three four, going around

1256:45		CAM-2	Damn it!

1256:46		TWR		Eight three four, Kinshasa

1256:48		GPWS	Wind shear, wind shear, wind shear

1256:49		CAM-1	Flaps up!
			GPWS	Wind shear, whoop whoop, pull up

1256:50		CAM-2	[OK, flaps up]

1256:52		CAM-2	[Come on! Increase speed, increase speed!]

					((end of recording))