cvr 901002

October 2, 1996
Off Pasamayo, Peru
Aeroperu, Flight 603
Boeing B-757-200
N52AW

The aircraft crashed into the ocean 28 minutes after taking off from Lima, Peru. Pieces of adhesive tape were found covering the static ports, placed there by personnel during aircraft maintenance and cleaning, causing the malfunction of the airspeed indicators and altimeters. The crew was not able to correctly determine their altitude and airspeed and with no ground reference over water and at night, crashed into the ocean. An employee did not remove the adhesive tape from the static ports, nor was it detected by any number of people, including the captain, during the preflight inspection. All 70 aboard were killed.

00:40:17 (00:00)
Ground control
...WAIT MAJOR ON COURSE CODE 5603 FOR RADAR TEST

00:40:24 (00:07)
Copilot to control
AUTHORIZED TO SANTIAGO INITIAL 290, ARPON 1, 5603

00:40:39 (00:22)
Copilot to control
AEROPERU 603, AUTHORIZED TO SANTIAGO, ARPON NUMBER ONE, INITIAL LEVEL 290 AND AFTERWARDS ON COURSE TRANSPONDER 5603

00:40:58 (00:41)
Copilot to tower
LIMA TOWER, AEROPERU 603, RUNWAY 15, READY FOR TAKEOFF

00:41:01 (00:44)
Tower
AEROPERU 603, USE NOISE ATTENUATION, WIND CALM, YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO TAKEOFF RUNWAY 15

00:42:12 (01:55)
Copilot
THE ALTIMETERS ARE STUCK
(They observe the first instrument failure. According to the voice recording, copilot Fernandez was in command during take off. Pilot Schreiber will take command 4 minutes later)

00:42:28 (02:11)
Pilot
THIS IS REALLY NEW... KEEP V TWO PLUS TEN... V TWO PLUS TEN

00:43:06 (02:49)
Copilot
RUDDER RATIO
(Rudder ratio alarm activates indicating abnormal situation in speed sensors. This warns the pilot to avoid large or abrupt rudder inputs. This is one of the signals that will hold the attention of the pilots during all the emergency)

00:43:31 (03:14)
Pilot
YEAH, BUT IT'S STUCK... MACH TRIM, RUDDER RATIO... NOW YOU ARE...

00:43:38 (03:21)
Pilot
GO UP! GO UP! GO UP! GO UP! GO UP HEADING ONE HUNDRED... EH... IT'S OK, THIS COURSE.

00:43:45 (03:28)
Copilot
PUT THE... CLIMB THRUST... CENTER AUTOPILOT IN COMMAND.

00:44:00 (03:43)
Pilot
YEAH, SHIT, RUDDER RATIO.
(Schreiber keeps busy with the Rudder Ratio alarm)

00:44:06 (03:49)
Copilot
YEAH... I HAVE... LET'S SEE, SOURCE SELECTOR.
(Fernandez means selecting an alternate static source of information for instruments)

00:44:14 (03:57)
Copilot
MACH TRIM, MACH TRIM.
(This signal shows when airplane is flying at high speed and the stabilizer stops functioning)

00:44:16 (03:59)
Pilot
THE SPEED... LET'S GO TO BASIC INSTRUMENTS, EVERYTHING HAS GONE SHIT.

00:44:28 (04:11)
Pilot
WE ARE IN EMERGENCY
(Schreiber asks copilot to declare emergency)

00:44:32 (04:15)
Copilot to tower
OK. WE DECLARE EMERGENCY! WE HAVE NO BASIC INSTRUMENTS, NO ALTIMETER, NO SPEEDOMETER, WE DECLARE AN EMERGENCY!

00:44:45 (04:28)
Copilot to tower
WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE UNTIL THOUSAND FEET... APPROXIMATELY 1,700

00:44:50 (04:33)
Tower
1,000 FEET, ROGER, ROGER, AEROPERU 603, CONFIRM IF YOU CAN CHANGE FREQUENCY 119.7 TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM RADAR CONTROL.

00:45:08 (04:51)
Pilot
LET'S SEE, WHAT READS THERE? LET...
(Pilot asks Fernandez about indications in the flight manual. Copilot reads)

00:45:11 (04:54)
Copilot
AUTO-THROTTLE DISCONNECT, RUDDER RATIO AND MACH SPEED INDICATOR.

00:45:16 (04:59)
Copilot
500 FEET, IT'S GRABBING NOW... THESE ASSHOLES FROM MAINTENANCE MOVE EVERYTHING.

00:45:26 (0 ›5:09)
Copilot to ATC
LET'S SEE IF YOU HAVE US ON THE RADAR, TOWER, AEROPERU 603.

00:45:32 (05:15)
Pilot
I HAVE THE COMMAND, EH... DON'T...
(Schreiber takes control)

00:45:36 (05:19)
Pilot
AUTOPILOTS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED
(Schreiber realizes that the autopilot light is on)

00:45:41 (05:24)
Copilot
YES, BUT THEY ARE OFF, ONLY FLIGHT DIRECTOR IS ON.
(During the emergency pilot insists several times about autopilots, and even connects them. This bothers copilot Fernandez. They are using flight director for returning to Lima)

00:45:51 (05:34)
Copilot to ATC
WE REQUEST VECTORS FOR ILS , RUNWAY ONE FIVE.
(Fernandez requests indications for coming back, so they will start turning to the sea -west- and later to the north)

00:46:07 (05:50)
Copilot to ATC
WHAT LEVEL DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE 4,000 FEET? LET'S SEE IF YOU CONFIRM US...

00:46:19 (06:02)
Pilot
ATTITUDE, JUST ATTITUDE... THE RUDDER RATIO MUST BE... AUTO-THROTTLE DISCONNECT.

00:46:40 (06:23)
Pilot
WE ARE FLYING WITHOUT SPEED, IT CAN'T BE... LET'S SEE, RESPOND

00:46:54 (06:37)
Copilot to ATC
WE AH... THE SPEED, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE US ON THE RADAR?

00:46:56 (06:39)
ATC Lima
YES, AFFIRMATIVE, STAND BY TEN SECONDS, IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE GOING UP, WITH LEVEL SIX ZERO, AT 22 MILES SOUTH, AND HEADING 195.

00:47:08 (06:51)
Copilot to ATC
OK. THAT IS RIGHT, WE HAVE COURSE 190 AND WE HAVE 7,000 FEET ON THE ALTIMETER.

00:47:19 (07:02)
Copilot to ATC
WE HAVE CONTROL PROBLEMS...
(According to investigation they never had control problems, so copilot is probably referring to instruments and indicators problems like rudder ratio and speed trim signals)

00:47:39 (07:22)
Copilot
AVOID LARGE OR ABRUPT...
(Fernandez starts reading the manual)

00:47:38 (07:21)
ATC Lima
SAETA TRIPLE ONE YOU ARE IN POSITION "SIGAS", REACHING 3,000 FEET.
(Indication from ATC to another plane in frequency)

00:47:36 (07 0:19)
Copilot
AVOID LARGE OR ABRUPT RUDDER INPUTS, IF NORMAL LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE AVAILABLE....LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AVAILABLE.... YES, CROSSWIND LIMIT, DO NOT ATTEMPT AN AUTO- LAND, SAYS...

00:48:22 (08:05)
ATC Lima

AEROPERU 603, NOW YOU SHOW LEVEL NINE TWO HUNDRED... AH? WHAT IS YOUR COURSE NOW?
(They are flying over the sea and will later head north)

00:48:31 (08:14)
ATC Lima
AFFIRMATIVE, YOU ARE TURNING SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT, CORRECT?

00:48:35 (08:18)
Copilot to ATC
NO, WE ARE KEEPING COURSE TO FLY AWAY FROM THE SHORE

00:48:36 (08:19)
Pilot
NO, WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN COURSE... WE WILL TRY TO KEEP TEN THOUSAND FEET... ALTITUDE HOLD, SET IT... TEN THOUSAND FEET.

00:48:48 (08:31)
ATC Lima
YOUR DISTANCE IS 30 MILES, YOU WANT COURSE FOR PROCEED TO LOCALIZER, RIGHT?

00:49:08 (08:51)
Pilot
VERTICAL SPEED..... NO, NO, DON'T SET VERT SPEED HOLD, HOLD, ALTITUDE HOLD

00:49:21 (09:04)
Copilot to ATC
OK. WE ARE RECOVERING SPEED AND WE REQUEST KEEPING 12,000

00:49:28 (09:11)
Pilot
FLAPS... EH... FIVE
(Pilot realizes that they still have five degrees flaps after take off)

00:49:28 (09:11)
ATC Lima
CORRECT, MAINTAIN LEVEL 120, REPORT STARTING TURN.... COURSE TO THE RIGHT, SUGGESTED COURSE 350

00:49:54 (09:37)
Copilot
NOTHING ELSE... THE ONLY THING I MADE IS THE AIR DATA COMP...

00:50:16 (09:59)
Pilot
YEAH
(Schreiber continued with the idea of connecting the autopilot. According to specialists, he should have discarded that idea and fly manually)

00:50:56 (10:39)
ATC Lima
AEROPERU 603, YOU ARE 40 MILES FROM LIMA AND ACCORDING WITH INFORMATION ON SCREEN AT LEVEL 1-2-0, APPROXIMATE SPEED OVER THE GROUND IS 310 KNOTS.
(For the first time Control delivers speed information. This is not coming from the transponder, but from calculation of change of position and time.)

00:51:09 (10:52)
Pilot
ROGER, WE ARE AT 12,000 FEET AND WE HAVE RECOVER SPEED NOW

00:51:10 (10:53)
Copilot to ATC
ROGER... WE ARE... WE ARE AT 12,000 FEET, KEEPING SPEED, WE HAVE TWO THIRTY AND ARE TURNING TO COURSE THREE THIRTY †

00:51:25 (11:08)
Pilot
OK. LET'S SEE AH... READ ALL THAT... AUTO-THROTTLE IS CONNECT, COMMAND, 12,000 FEET HERE, CORRECT

00:51:37 (11:20)
Copilot
AH... AUTO FLIGHT, NOW WHAT? AUTO-THROTTLE, RUDDER RATIO, I READ IT ALREADY... MACH SPEED TRIM, MACH SPEED IS IN NAVIGATION, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, AUTO FLIGHT, AUTO FLIGHT, ALTITUDE ALERT, AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT, RUDDER RATIO, OK

00:52:12 (11:55)
Copilot
...AUTO PILOT INOPERATIVE, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS SWITCH, MACH SPEED, I DON'T FIND THAT MACH SPEED TRIM... SPEED, WE HAVE SPEED PROBLEMS, INSTRUMENT SOURCE SELECTOR, FLIGHT DIRECTOR

00:52:27 (12:10)
Pilot
IT CAN'T BE. HEY, THE SPEED, LOOK. THE POWER WE HAVE... IT CAN'T BE!

00:52:32 (12:15)
Copilot
IT CAN'T BE, IT'S TRUE, IT'S WRONG... THREE THIRTY THIS ONE HERE

00:52:38 (12:21)
Copilot
OK, SET YOURS ON ALTERNATE AIR DATA, THE ONE DOWN THERE, THE LOWER BUTTON

00:52:43 (12:26)
Copilot
THE LOWER ONE, THE LOWER ONE, THE LOWER ONE, THE LOWER ONE, THAT LAST ONE... AIR DATA THERE IT IS.

00:52:52 (12:35)
Pilot
FUCK..! BASIC INSTRUMENTS, LET'S GO TO BASIC INSTRUMENTS!

00:53:05 (12:48)
Copilot
I'LL FILL HERE THE DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL... ILS RUNWAY 15... INSERT.
(This shows that the computers were active. Fernandez sets information needed for landing. Even when he knows that the air data has problems, Fernandez concentrates in landing procedures. Schreiber on the contrary, is concern with indicators)

00:53:27 (1 3:10)
ATC Lima
AEROPERU 603 YOU ARE AT 40 MILES, CORRECT, FLYING PARALLEL COURSE 330, YOU ARE FLYING LEFT COURSE ABOUT TO INTERSECT WEST OF LIMA.

00:53:44 (13:27)
Pilot
WE ARE GOING TO STABILIZE AND... LET'S SEE... WE SET THE LEFT

00:54:06 (13:49)
ATC Lima
CORRECT, IN CASE OF LOOSING COMMUNICATIONS, CROSSING RADIAL 315, TURN RIGHT TO INTERCEPT LOCALIZER AND TO COMPLETE DE ILS, YOU CAN DESCENT UP TO 4,000 FEET

00:54:09 (13:52)
Pilot
THERE IS NO FLIGHT DIRECTOR.. NO AUTO-THROTTLE EITHER... AND WHERE... WHERE IS THIS GOING UP?

00:54:28 (14:11)
Copilot to ATC
OK. I UNDERSTAND, FOR... THREE ONE FIVE, TURN RIGHT TO INTERCEPT LOCALIZER AH... WE STILL DON'T HAVE... AH...

00:54:48 (14:31)
Pilot
IT DOESN'T DIS... APPARENTLY DOESN'T DISCONNECT THE AUTO...

00:54:52 (14:35)
Copilot
AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED, BETTER IF WE CONTROL IT ON BASICS, ISN'T IT?

00:54:58 (14:41)
ATC Lima
ACCORDING TO PRESENTATION YOU ARE CROSSING RADIAL 230 FROM LIMA, DISTANCE WEST SOUTHWEST IS 37 MILES

00:55:07 (14:50)
Copilot to ATC
CORRECT... WE WILL... WE HAVE PROBLEMS HERE FOR READING INSTRUMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP US IN ALTITUDES AND SPEED IF POSSIBLE

00:55:21 (15:04)
Copilot to ATC
UNTIL WE REACH THE LOCALIZER BEAM AND WE WILL NAVIGATE SOME 30 MILES NORTH OF THE LOCALIZER OF LIMA VOR TO CENTER IN THE ILS

00:55:44 (15:27)
Copilot
OK THE APPROACH... SET IT IN SMALL ONLY... SPEED, THIS IS THE SHIT THAT WILL... US

00:55:52 (15:35)
Pilot
LET'S SEE, WE WILL TRY TO GO DOWN, OK WITH THIS COURSE AND... WHY IT DOESN'T APPEAR... AH... OK, OK

00:56:12 (15:55)
Pilot
LET'S GO DOWN TO TEN THOUSAND FEET... WHY DOES SPEED GETS SO HIGH? IS IT THE REAL SPEED?

00:56:28 (16:11)
Pilot
IT CAN'T BE... THEN... RUDDER RATIO, MACH TRIM... THEN IF THERE IS NOT THAT... MACH SPEED TRIM?

00:56:36 (16:19)
Copilot
NO, THERE IS NO MACH SPEED TRIM... I DON'T FIND... LET'S SEE, KEEP FLYING IT. IT WILL...

00:56:53 (16:36)
Copilot to ATC
CORRECT, WE HAVE ALL ENGINES CUT AND IT'S ACCELERATING... ACCELERATING.

00:57:02 (16:45)
Pilot
NO... EH... NO. LET'S SEE, MAY BE... LET'S SEE, TAKE OUT...

00:57:05 (16:48)
Copilot
SPEED IS OK. ALL THREE INDICATOR ARE OK IN SPEED... FAST, FAST.

00:57:12 (16:55)
Copilot
OVERSPEED... TAKE THEM OUT
(FDR analysis show that there was no overspeed. Overspeed alarm activated due to misinformation provided by air data computer depending on static ports)

00:57:22 (17:05)
Copilot
RUDDER RATIO
(Rudder ratio alarm activates again. Confusion increases with the overspeed alarm on when engines are cut down)

00:57:22 (17:05)
Pilot
IT CAN'T BE... RUDDER RATIO ONLY AND THERE IS RUDDER RATIO...THERE IS NOT AND IT DOESN'T DISCONNECT NOTHING

00:57:30 (17:13)
Copilot
ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS ARE OK, ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS ARE OK, SHIT!

00:57:42 (17:25)
Pilot
BUT WITH ALL POWER CUT DOWN, IT CAN'T BE, WITH ALL CUT DOWN... THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE SOURCE INSTRUMENT

00:58:13 (17:56)
Pilot
LET'S SEE, HOW MANY MILES... AT 30 MILES FROM LIMA, WE START DESCENDING WITH SPOILERS AND FLIGHT LEVEL CHANGE

00:58:37 (18:20)
ATC Lima
YOU ARE CROSSING THE 260 OF LIMA, AT 31 MILES WEST. FLIGHT LEVEL IS 100 PLUS SEVEN HUNDRED, AND APPROXIMATE SPEED IS 280 OVER THE GROUND

00:58:53 (18:36)
Copilot to ATC
YEAH, BUT WE HAVE AN INDICATION OF 350 KNOTS HERE

00:59:08 (18:52)
Cabin
(A TWO TONE OVER SPEED ALARM TRIGGERS AND WILL KEEP ON UNTIL THE END OF THE RECORDING)
00:59:10 (18:53)
Pilot
OVERSPEED

00:59:11 (18:54)
Pilot
FUCKING SHIT! I HAVE SPEED BRAKES. EVERYTHING HAS GONE, ALL INSTRUMENTS WENT TO SHIT EVERYTHING HAS GONE ALL OF THEM...
(Until that moment he has kept the air brakes activated, that's why he does not understand why speed has not decreased. But the truth is that the speed decreased even to a dangerous level. So 17 seconds after the overspeed warning and while it was on, the shaker alarm activates indicating stall warning)

00:59:55 (19:38)
Copilot to ATC
WE REQUEST... IS THERE ANY AIRPLANE THAT CAN TAKE OFF TO RESCUE US?

01:00:06 (19:49)
ATC Lima
YES, CORRECT, WE ARE GOING TO COORDINATE IMMEDIATELY, IT'S BEING COORDINATED IMMEDIATELY.

01:00:12 (19:55)
Copilot to ATC
ANY PLANE THAT CAN GUIDE US, AN AEROPERU THAT MAY BE AROUND? ...SOMEBODY?

01:00:21 (20:04)
ATC Lima
ATTENTION, WE HAVE A 707 THAT WILL DEPART TO PUDAHUEL (SCL), WE ARE TELLING HIM.

01:00:22 (20:05)
Pilot
WE ARE NOT STALLING! IT'S FICTITIOUS, IT'S FICTITIOUS.
(Pilot thinks that stall is not true. Schreiber is looking at the speedometers that indicate overspeed, which was wrong because the plane was loosing speed and air brakes were increasing lack of sustentation)

01:00:27 (20:10)
Pilot
SHAKER... BUT IT IS... EH... BUT EVEN WITH SPEED BRAKES ON WE ARE MAINTAINING 9.500... WHY DO WE READ THE SAME..? I DON'T UNDERSTAND... POWER. WHAT POWER DO WE HAVE?
(Schreiber still believes in the altimeter when the stall alarm sounds. At that moment they check engine power that doesn't match with the 395 knots of indicated speed)

01:00:49 (20:32)
Pilot
EFIS, IRS, AIR DATA, AIR DATA... HAVE YOU CHANGED THE AIR DATA?... LET'S SEE...

01:00:57 (20:40)
Copilot
IT'S COMING BACK, LOOK... MY SPEEDOMETER IS COMING BACK.

01:01:14 (20:57)
ATC Lima
AEROPERU 603 YOU HAVE TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, NOW YOU ARE HEADING 320 AND YOUR LEVEL IS 100, APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 220 KNOTS AND A DISTANCE OF 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMA.

01:01:19 (21:02)
Copilot
YOU ARE GOING DOWN!... EH... ONE, ZERO, ZERO TO RUNWAY, LOOK!

01:01:38 (21:21)
Copilot
OVERSPEED... IT DOESN'T CUT... THE OVERSPEED... WHERE IS THE OVERSPEED! WHERE IS THE OVERSPEED WARNING, SHIT!

01:01:46 (21:29)
Pilot
NINE THOUSAND FEET IF IT INDICATES YOU... IT'S FICTITIOUS EVERYTHING IS FICTITIOUS, ALL THE PITOT HAS GONE, THE AIR DATA HAS GONE TO SHIT

01:01:54 (21:37)
ATC Lima
AEROPERU 603, YOUR BASE IS INFORMING (ASKING) IF YOU HAVE BOTH COMPUTER SYSTEMS OUT OF SERVICE

01:02:00 (21:43)
Copilot to ATC
WE HAVE... NO INSTRUMENT IS WORKING AS SPEEDOMETER, WE HAVE OVERSPEED ALARM AND NO... APPARENTLY IT IS NOT....

01:02:16 (21:59)
Copilot to ATC
WE HAVE ENGINES CUT DOWN AND DOESN'T DESACCELERATE APPARENTLY...

01:02:23 (22:06)
Copilot
LET'S SEE. ACCELERATE ONE ENGINE... NO, IT EJECTS IT BACK

01:02:41 (22:24)
ATC Lima
THE 707 WILL BE READY IN SOME 15 MINUTES TO FLY WEST IN YOUR HELP.

01:02:44 (22:27)
Cabin
(SOUND OF MECHANICAL ALERT VOICE "TOO LOW TERRAIN" FOR 45 SECONDS, 22 TIMES)

01:02:49 (22:32)
Copilot
TOO LOW TERRAIN
(Pilots could have use the radio altimeters that are not subordinated to the static ports, but they didn't do it)

01:02:51 (22:34)
Pilot
BUT... LET'S GO LEFT
(Pilot assumes they are over ground)

01:03:20 (23:03)
Cabin
(SOUND OF MECHANICAL VOICE OF "WINDSHEAR" ALARM, THREE TIMES)

01:03:03 (22:46)
ATC Lima
ROGER, ACCORDING TO MONITOR... IT INDICATES FLIGHT LEVEL ONE ZERO ZERO, OVER THE SEA, HEADING A NORTHWEST COURSE OF 300

01:03:12 (22:55)
Copilot to ATC
WE HAVE TERRAIN ALARM AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT 10,000 FEET?

01:03:31 (23:14)
Cabin
(SOUND OF MECHANICAL VOICE OF "WINDSHEAR" ALARM, THREE TIMES)

01:03:28 (23:11)
ATC Lima
ROGER AEROPERU 603, IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE TURNING LEFT, YOU ARE AIMING TO THE WEST.

01:03:36 (23:19)
ATC Lima
IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE TURNING LEFT, YOU ARE AIMING TO THE WEST.

01:03:41 (23:24)
Copilot to ATC
AFFIRMATIVE, WE ARE HEADING 250, BUT WE ARE GOING OVER THE SEA BECAUSE WE HAVE LOW TERRAIN ALARM...

01:03:47 (23:30)
ATC Lima
YES, AFFIRMATIVE. IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE AT 42 MILES, FLYING WITH COURSE WEST, COURSE 250 HEADING WEST ³

01:03:56 (23:40)
Cabin
(SOUND OF ALERT ALARM)
01:03:57 (23:40)
ATC Lima
AFFIRMATIVE, OVER THE WATER, YOU ARE 42 MILES WEST

01:04:04 (23:47)
Copilot to ATC
WE DON'T HAVE... WE HAVE LIKE 370 KNOTS, ARE WE DESCENDING NOW?

01:04:10 (23:53)
ATC Lima
IT SHOWS THE SAME SPEED... YOU HAVE 200 SPEED APPROXIMATELY

01:04:24 (24:07)
Cabin
(SOUND OF MECHANICAL ALERT VOICE "SINK RATE" FOUR TIMES) (SOUND OF ALERT ALARM)
(The sink rate alarm activates due to a high rate of descend. This alarm is not related with static ports.)

01:04:32 (24:15)
Copilot
LET'S GO UP, LET'S SEE. LET'S GO UP HERE.
(They avoid stalling. Aircraft climbs to 2,400, descends to 1,300, then goes to 4,000 feet. Even with these changes, altimeters keep showing above 9,000. At that point the ground alarm is off and they think that flight level is 10,000 feet.)

01:04:46 (24:29)
Pilot
THE OVERSPEED NO, THIS... EH... CABIN ALTITUDE ALERT, MACH, NOW WE MUST...

01:05:03 (24:46)
Pilot
EH... READ ONE BY ONE , I FLIGHT HERE... AND 45 MILES... YOU READ, YOU MAKE THE EMERGENCY

01:05:52 (25:35)
ATC Lima
AEROPERU 603, YOU ARE AT 50 MILES FROM LIMA FLYING WEST, COURSE 270, WITH LEVEL 100

01:06:01 (25:22)
Pilot
OK... LET'S GO BACK, LETS SET COURSE HUNDRED... HUNDRED...
(As they felt that the emergency was under control, Schreiber decides to go back to Lima and initiate descending procedure)

01:06:18 (26:01)
ATC Lima
CORRECT, A BOEING 707 HAS BEEN COORDINATED, IT WILL BE READY IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE TOWER INFORMED SOME MINUTES AGO.

01:06:30 (26:13)
Copilot
AUTOPILOT, OVERSPEED, I DON'T FIND OVERSPEED
(Copilot keeps reading the manual looking for overspeed indications)

01:07:00 (26:43)
Copilot
APU, ENGINES, AUTOFLIGHT, APU ENGINES, AUTO-FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, CARGO FIRE, DITCHING, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, PASSENGER EVACUATION, ELECTRICAL, F |LIGHT CONTROLS, FUEL, HYDRAULIC ICE AND RAIN, LANDING GEAR, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, AUTO-THROTTLE DISCONNECT... LET'S SEE IF WE PUT THE...

01:07:25 (27:08)
Copilot
YEAH, NEVER MIND, LET'S PUT IN MANUAL, TO GO DOWN MANUAL ZERO TEN, THAT'S IT

01:07:39 (27:22)
Copilot
AUTO DISCONNECT... 390 KNOTS SAYS HERE, EH... ON THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR

01:08:03 (27:46)
Copilot to ATC
LIMA, AEROPERU 603, WE WILL TRY TO INTERCEPT THE ILS, LET'S SEE IF YOU TELL US IF WE ARE IN...

01:08:09 (27:52)
ATC Lima
ROGER, AEROPERU 603, YOU SHOW NOW LEVEL NINE SEVEN HUNDRED

01:08:16 (27:59)
ATC Lima
STAND BY TO VERIFY SPEED. THE 707 IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. IT IS STARTING TO MOVE

01:08:23 (28:06)
Copilot to ATC
VERIFY THE SPEED, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE DON'T HAVE SPEED ON BOARD

01:08:27 (28:10)
ATC Lima
CORRECT YOU ARE STARTING TURN AND IT SHOWS A VELOCITY OF 270 GROUND SPEED

01:08:31 (28:14)
Copilot
NOT SO MUCH, THERE IT IS ERIC, 270 IS FINE
(Fernandez asks pilot not to increase speed that is being set to one of the instruments)

01:08:44 (28:27)
Copilot
ALTITUDE, AUTOPILOT, DON'T PUT ANY AUTOPILOT, CAPTAIN... ALT ALERT, AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT...

01:08:56 (28:39)
Copilot
AUTO PILOT DISCONNECT... CREW AWARENESS NOTHING ELSE SAYS... AUTOPILOT INOPERATIVE, AUTO THROTTLE DISCONNECT... CREW AWARENESS

01:09:03 (28:46)
Copilot
ALT, ALERT, CABIN INOPERATIVE, RUDDER RATIO, THERE IS NOTHING NEW... BUT THE OVERSPEED...

01:09:09 (28:52)
ATC Lima
COURSE TO INTERCEPT LOCALIZER. APPROXIMATELY AT 30 MILES YOU MUST FLY HEADING 070 APPROXIMATELY. KEEP THE COURSE STABLE TO INFORM YOU

01:09:24 (29:07)
Copilot to ATC
WE WILL KEEP 070, WE KEEP COURSE, IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT COURSE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND ALTITUDE 9,700 FEET

01:09:36 (29:19)
ATC Lima
CORRECT, ALTITUDE IS 9.700 AND THE SPEED IS 240 KNOTS OVER THE GROUND ACCORDING TO MONITOR

01:10:02 (29:45)
Copilot
AIR DATA?... NO... BUT IT'S FLYING WELL, I HAVE THE... IF NOT, I'M GOING SHIT

01:10:06 (29:49)
Pilot
HOW CAN IT BE FLYING AT THIS SPEED IF WE ARE GOING DOWN WITH ALL THE POWER CUT OFF

01:10:13 (29:56)
Copilot to ATC
CAN YOU TELL ME THE ALTITUDE PLEASE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CLIMB THAT DOESN'T...

01:10:17 (30:00)
Cabin
(ALARM OF MECHANICAL VOICE "TOO LOW TERRAIN" REMAINS UNTIL THE END OF RECORDING)

01:10:18 (30:01)
ATC Lima
YES, YOU KEEP NINE SEVEN HUNDRED ACCORDING TO PRESENTATION, SIR

01:10:26 (30:09)
ATC Lima
YES, CORRECT. WHAT IS THE INDICATED ALTITUDE ON BOARD? HAVE YOU ANY VISUAL REFERENCE?

01:10:29 (30:12)
Copilot to ATC
NINE SEVEN HUNDRED BUT IT INDICATES TOO LOW TERRAIN... ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU HAVE US ON THE RADAR AT 50 MILES?

01:11:16 (30:59)
Cabin
(SOUND OF IMPACT)
(A last impact noise is heard. Altimeters are indicating 9.700 feet)

According to FDR, aircraft was descending at a 10 degrees angle, 260 knots when impacts water for the first time with left wing and engine. After the impact the aircraft climbs some 200 feet, inverts and falls again sinking into the sea.

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