Good day,
Boy is this kind of chilling. I can't believe we can hear this stuff so soon after.
I would suggest icing is one of the causes even before hearing this however I would say this confirms it.
God bless all of the PAX and families.
V/R
Gerry
LiveATC.net has Buffalo Approach audio for the time period of the crash.
http://archive- server.liveatc. net/kbuf/ KBUF-Feb- 13-2009-0300Z. mp3
Audio of note and times are listed below.
03:57 Colgan 3407 Checks in with Buffalo Approach and lined up for runway 23
15:00 Cleared for ILS 23
16:02 Told to switch to Tower Frequency 120.5 (read back was 120.7)
17:17 ATC Calling for Colgan 3407
17:34 Asking other aircraft to find Colgan 3407
20:25 Request to call state police
24:00 reporting crash to other aircraft
25:00 Lots of chater about ice build up
29:23 Pilot/ATC Chatting about crash