"Finnair 666K, proceed direct HEL."
"Direct HEL, 666K."
And of course HEL sounds HELL. It's a VOR beacon at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and FIN666K is a flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki.
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Lithuanian XXX is descending to FL70 and the controller gives a clearance to 3000 ft:
Controller: "Lithuanian XXX, descent to 3000 ft."
Lithuanian: "2000 ft, Lithuanian XXX."
Controller: "Lithuanian XXX, confirm 3000."
Lithuanian: "Confirming. 2000 ft, Lithuanian XXX."
Controller: "Negative. 3000 ft."
Lithuanian: "Yes, descending to 2000 ft, XXX."
Controller: "Lithuanian XXX. NEGATIVE! Descent to THREE thousand feet!"
Lithuanian: "YES, YES! Descending to TWO thoudsand feet!"
Controller: "Radar." (maybe the controller thought that let it be... 2000 ft is the altitude where the airplanes are cleared for the ILS-approach to one of the local rwys.)
I don't know what the problem was, we heard the conversation loud and clear. Even the numbers "two" and "three"...
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Controller: "Finnair XXX, turn right heading 305."
FINXXX: "Heading 365, XXX."
Controller: "Yeah, you can try!"
FINXXX: "Hehe... Sorry, what was the heading?"
Last edited by jtor; 1st March 2006 at 12:55.