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Swissair 111

Printed page 3. PDF page 15.

111 that they were cleared to fly at any altitude between 5 000 and 12 000 feet. At 0124:42, both pilots almost simultaneously declared an emergency on frequency 119.2 MHz; the controller acknowledged this transmission. At 0124:53, SR 111 indicated
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Swissair 111

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13:07 Decision made to divert to Halifax, Nova Scotia 13:31 Decision made to dump fuel 0124:42 CABIN BUS switch selected to OFF 0125:02 14:04 Autopilot 2 disengages, and the flight data recorder (FDR) begins 0125:41 14:24 to record aircraft system
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Swissair 111

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pilots declaration of an “emergency” situation. When the pilots declared an emergency at 0124:42, there was a slight elevation in their voices that reflected a higher sense of urgency. From the time of the Pan Pan call at 0114:15, the
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Swissair 111

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FACTUAL INFORMATION At 0124:42, the captain called Moncton ACC and declared an emergency. The first officer, in an overlapping radio transmission, acknowledged that SR 111 was cleared between 12 000 and 5 000
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Swissair 111

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ceiling liner may have corresponded to the time the pilots declared the emergency at 0124:42. Most of the fire 240 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Swissair 111

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increasingly rapid succession of systems-related failures. The pilots declared an emergency at 0124:42, slightly more than two minutes before the theoretical earliest possible landing time. Several additional systems-related failures, including the loss of the first officer's DUs
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