Flight MH370: Cockpit transcript in full

(MENAFN- Arab News) Kuala lumpur: malaysia has released the full transcript of communications between the pilots of missing flight mh370 and air traffic controllers from preparations for takeoff to the last exchange of words in-flight on march 8


"mas 370" refers to transmissions from the cockpit of the beijing-bound malaysia airlines plane while "atc" is malaysian air traffic control. the transcript does not identify which of the two pilots was variously speaking.

12:25:53 (mas 370) delivery mas 370 good mornin


12:26:02 (atc) mas 370 standby and malaysia six is cleared to frankfurt via agosa alpha departure six thousand feet squawk two one zero six [squawk refers to a transponder code assigned to a departing flight by air traffic controllers


12:26:19 (atc) ... mas 370 request leve


12:26:21 (mas 370) mas 370 we are ready requesting flight level three five zero to beijin


12:26:39 (atc) mas 370 is cleared to beijing via pibos a departure six thousand feet squawk two one five seve


12:26:45 (mas 370) beijing pibos a six thousand squawk two one five seven mas 370 thank yo


12:26:53 (atc) mas 370 welcome over to groun


12:26:55 (mas 370) good da


12:27:27 (mas 370) ground mas 370 good morning charlie one requesting push and star


12:27:34 (atc) mas 370 lumpur ground morning push back and start approved runway 32 right exit via sierra


12:27:40 (mas 370) push back and start approved 32 right exit via sierra 4 pob 239 mike romeo osca


12:27:45 (atc) copie


12:32:13 (mas 370) mas 377 request taxi


12:32:26 (atc) mas 37..... (garbled) ... standard route. hold short brav


12:32:30 (mas 370) ground mas 370. you are unreadable. say again


12:32:38 (atc) mas 370 taxi to holding point alfa 11 runway 32 right via standard route. hold short of bravo


12:32:42 (mas 370) alfa 11 standard route hold short bravo mas 370


12:35:53 (atc) mas 370 towe


12:36:19 (atc) (garbled) ... tower ... (garbled


(mas 370) 1188 mas 370 thank yo


12:36:30 (mas 370) tower mas 370 mornin


12:36:38 (atc) mas 370 good morning. lumpur tower. holding point... (garbled)... 10 32 righ


12:36:50 (mas 370) alfa 10 mas 37


12:38:43 (atc) 370 line up 32 right alfa 10


(mas 370) line up 32 right alfa 10 mas370


12:40:38 (atc) 370 32 right cleared for take-off. good night


(mas 370) 32 right cleared for take-off mas 370. thank you bye.

[the plane takes off at 12:41 am and by 12:46 am passes from ground atc to outbound radar control]

12:42:05 (mas 370) departure malaysian three seven zer


12:42:10 (atc) malaysian three seven zero selamat pagi (good morning) identified. climb flight level one eight zero cancel sid turn right direct to igar


12:42:48 (mas 370) okay level one eight zero direct igari malaysian one err three seven zer


12:42:52 (atc) malaysian three seven zero contact lumpur radar one three two six good nigh


(mas 370) night one three two six malaysian three seven zer


12:46:51 (mas 370) lumpur control malaysian three seven zer


12:46:51 (atc) malaysian three seven zero lumpur radar good morning. climb flight level two five zer


12:46:54 (mas 370) morning level two five zero malaysian three seven zer


12:50:06 (atc) malaysian three seven zero climb flight level three five zer


12:50:09 (mas 370) flight level three five zero malaysian three seven zer


01:01:14 (mas 370) malaysian three seven zero maintaining level three five zer


01:01:19 (atc) malaysian three seven zero

[the last transmission by the plane's aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (acars) — which relays key information on the plane's mechanical condition every 30 minutes — takes place at 1:07 am]

01:07:55 (mas 370) malaysian... three seven zero maintaining level three five zer


01:08:00 (atc) malaysian three seven zer


01:19:24 (atc) malaysian three seven zero contact ho chi minh 120 decimal 9 good nigh


01:19:29 (mas 370) good night malaysian three seven zero

[the last transmission from the plane's communication transponder is at 1:21 am and it vanishes from atc radar at 1:30 am]