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Old 13th Jul 2013, 18:41
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portmanteau
 
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asiana 214

1. voice speed is not such a problem as you might think. even in this accident I have'nt heard anyone ask for a repeat. once pilots start flying into these high density airports they would get used to it. obviously laymen cant understand what is being said and that is probably frustrating. tip, just keep running the videos one word at a time, you will soon get the message.

2. the voice saying go around was heard in the background to the controllers voice. it suggests to me that "go around" either came into the Tower from United on another frequency ( taxy/groundcontrol?)and was picked up by the controllers mic or even that it came from another controller alongside him watching events unfold . simultaneous transmissions on the SAME frequency cause interference with each other and usually result in nothing understandable being heard by anyone. hence the rapidity of speech, you have to get off the air pronto in order to allow others to speak. controllers are bound to speak faster than pilots because they have a lot more transmissions to make than an individual pilot.

3. stand to be corrected but it seems logical that everyone must be off the aircraft before fire trucks start filling it with foam etc. the running over is a terrible tragedy and ought not to have happened.
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