19 August 1980 - Saudi 163
Flight SV163, a Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar, registered HZ-AHK, landed at Riyadh at 16.06h GMT for a scheduled intermediate stop after a flight from Karachi. At 18.08hrs the aircraft took off for the final leg to Jeddah. Six minutes and 54secs. after take-off, while climbing to FL350, visual and aural warnings indicated smoke in the aft cargo compartment C-3. Climbing through FL220 (at 18.20h), a return to Riyadh was initiated. About two minutes later smoke was noted in the aft of the cabin, and passengers were panicking. At 18.25:26h the no.2 engine throttle was stuck. The fire had by then entered the cabin of the TriStar. Because passengers where fighting in the aisles, aft of doors L2 and R2, the captain asked everybody to remain seated (18.27:40). On final approach engine no.2 was shut down, and the captain told the cabin crew not to evacuate.
Flight SV163 landed back at Riyadh runway 01 at 18.36:24hrs. The crew continued to a taxiway and told the tower that they were going to shut the engines down and evacuate.
Once the aircraft had stopped, the crew reported that they were shutting down the engines and about to evacuate. On arrival at the aircraft soon after, however, the rescue personnel found that the two wing-mounted engines were still running, preventing them from opening the doors. These were finally shut down at 21:42 (18:42 UTC), three minutes and 15 seconds after the aircraft came to a stop, at which point communication with the crew was lost. No external fire was visible at this time, but flames were observed through the windows at the rear of the aircraft. Twenty-three minutes after engine shutdown, at 22:05 (19:05 UTC), the R2 door (second door on the right side) was opened by ground personnel. Three minutes later, the aircraft burst into flames, and was consumed by fire.
Why Captain Khowyter failed to evacuate the aircraft promptly is not known. Saudi reports stated that the crew could not get the plug-type doors to open in time. It is assumed that most passengers and flight attendants were incapacitated during the landing roll, or they did not attempt to open a door on a moving aircraft. It is known that the aircraft remained pressurized during the landing roll as the cabin pressurization system was on standby, and the aircraft was found with both pressurization hatches almost completely closed. The pressurization hatches should have opened completely on touchdown to depressurize the aircraft. The crew were found still in their seats, and all the victims were found in the forward half of the fuselage. Autopsies were conducted on some of the non-Saudi nationals, including the American flight engineer. All of them perished from smoke inhalation and not burns, which indicated that they had died long before the R2 door was opened. The source of the fire in compartment C3 could not be determined.[
Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
| LegendaCAM-1 = Voice identified as CaptainCAM-2 = Voice identified as First OfficerCAM-3 = Voice identified as Flight EngineerCAM-4 = Voice identified as Flight AttendantRDO-2 = Radio transmission by First OfficerPA = Public address systemTMACC = Riyadh Terminal Area Control CenterTWR = Riyadh Tower(T) = translated part |
| Time (mm:ss) to landing | GMT Time (hh.mm:ss) | Source | Content |
| 28:41 | 18:07:49 | Takeoff | |
| 18.14:53 | CAM | ((Hostess call signal followed by an alternating tone at 14.54) | |
| 21:32 | 18.14:58 | CAM-3 | "B" aft cargo |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| 18.15:01 | CAM-3 | "B" aft cargo | |
| 18.15:04 | CAM-2 | What's going on? | |
| 18.15:10 | CAM-3 | Smoke detection "B" aft cargo | |
| 18.15:14 | CAM-1 | Stop ventilation | |
| 18.15:16 | CAM-3 | Smoke detection | |
| CAM-3 | Smoke detection "B" aft cargo | ||
| 21:10 | 18.15:20 | CAM-1 | In "B" aft cargo |
| CAM-3 | Yes | ||
| 18.15:32 | CAM-1 | Did you turn it to the other one? | |
| 18.15:37 | CAM-3 | Just in "B". | |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| 18.15:39 | CAM-3 | Not in "A". | |
| CAM-3 | Just in "B". | ||
| CAM-1 | Just "B". | ||
| 18.15:42 | CAM-3 | Yeah, "A" is okay. | |
| CAM-1 | Okay, so we can go on | ||
| CAM-3 | Yes | ||
| 18.15:51 | CAM-1 | The ventilation is not working at all in that one | |
| CAM-3 | Yeah | ||
| CAM | ((Alternating tone)) | ||
| 18.15:55 | CAM-3 | There is "A" | |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| CAM-3 | Now it is "A", both of them | ||
| 20:31 | 18.15:59 | CAM-1 | So we got to be returning back right? |
| CAM-3 | Both "A" and "B" aft cargo smoke detection | ||
| 18.16:06 | CAM-1 | So we have smoke there | |
| 18.16:07 | CAM-3 | I would say so, yeah | |
| 18.16:18 | CAM-1 | What's the procedure for it in the checklist? | |
| 20:10 | 18.16:20 | CAM-1 | Yeah I am looking for it now |
| 18.17:10 | CAM-1 | ((Singing in Arabic)) | |
| 18.17:16 | CAM-1 (T) | See that, what's it's name | |
| 18.17:17 | CAM-2 | Abnormal | |
| 18.17:19 | CAM-1 (T) | No, no checklist abnormal | |
| 18:04 | 18.18:26 | CAM-3 | Both "A" and "B" |
| CAM-3 | Yeah. Both "A" and "B" | ||
| CAM-3 | Shall I test it again and see if it will test? | ||
| CAM-1 | Yeah | ||
| 18.18:34 | CAM-3 | It doesn't test | |
| CAM-1 | Doesn't test? | ||
| CAM-3 | Both off | ||
| CAM-1 | So that's actual isn't it? | ||
| 18.18:54 | CAM-3 | That would ah --- I would say actual, yeah | |
| CAM-1 | Uh | ||
| CAM-3 | I would say so, yeah both of them went | ||
| 17:30 | 18.19:00 | CAM-1 | We have cleared the situation |
| 18.19:17 | CAM-1 | There isn't anything about it in the abnormal procedures, huh. | |
| 18.19:20 | CAM-3 | Nothing about it, should I just go back there and see if I can find anything or smell anything? | |
| 18.19:25 | CAM-1 | What? | |
| 18.19:26 | CAM-3 | Shall I go back there and see if I can smell anything? | |
| CAM-1 | Okay, sure. | ||
| CAM-3 | Yeah | ||
| CAM | ((Sound of cockpit door opening)) | ||
| 17:00 | 18.19:30 | CAM-1 | Have they seen it |
| CAM-3 | If I can see, smell something I'm think we better go back | ||
| 18.19:35 | CAM-1 | Surely check it | |
| CAM-3 | We'll see | ||
| 18.19:40 | CAM | ((Sound similar to cockpit door slamming)) | |
| 18.19:41 | CAM-2 (T) | Strange no procedure for it | |
| CAM-1 | No procedure for it? | ||
| 18.19:44 | CAM-1 | Tell them we're returning back | |
| CAM-2 | To Riyadh | ||
| 18.19:48 | CAM-1 | We are 60 miles out ah --- | |
| 18.19:58 | CAM-1 | We better go, go back to Riyadh | |
| CAM-1 (T) | Look in the abnormal | ||
| CAM-1 (T) | By the way he's a jackass, in the abnormal it is in the checklist | ||
| 18.20:16 | CAM-3 | We've got a fire back there | |
| CAM | ((Sound similar to door slamming)) | ||
| 18.20:18 | CAM-1 | We do? | |
| CAM-3 | Yes we do | ||
| CAM-1 | It's okay call please | ||
| 18.20:25 | CAM-1 | Tell him we're coming back | |
| 18.20:25 | TMACC | Go ahead | |
| 18.20:27 | RDO-2 | 18.1-6-3, we're coming back to Riyadh | |
| 16:00 | 18.20:30 | CAM-3 | I would declare an emergency |
| CAM-1 | Yeah | ||
| 18.20:33 | TMACC | Cleared to reverse course to Riyadh and request reason | |
| CAM-2 | Declare emergency? | ||
| 18.20:36 | CAM | ((Door slams)) | |
| 18.20:37 | CAM-? | Fire, fire in the cabin | |
| 18.20:37 | RDO-2 | Saudia one six three, we've got fire in the cabin and please alert the fire trucks | |
| CAM | ((Noise similar to door slamming)) | ||
| 18.20:45 | TMACC | Okay and cleared back and if you'd like to descend, you can descend to any altitude you like | |
| 18.20:50 | CAM-1 | Okay | |
| CAM-2 | I already asked, I already asked | ||
| 18.23:07 | CAM-3 | We definitely want | |
| 18.23:10 | CAM-3 | We definitely, we definitely want preference to land | |
| CAM-1 | Huh? | ||
| 18.23:13 | CAM-3 | We definitely want preference to land, that's for sure | |
| CAM-1 | Yeah | ||
| 18.23:22 | CAM-1 | Pressurization set? --- | |
| CAM | ((cabin announcement - unintelligible)) | ||
| 13:03 | 18.23:27 | CAM-1 | Okay |
| 18.23:32 | CAM-2 | No smoking sign on | |
| CAM-1 | Okay, no smoking sign | ||
| 18.23:36 | CAM-1 | Landing preliminary | |
| 18.23:40 | CAM-3 | Okay landing preliminary | |
| 18.23:41 | CAM-3 | 18.1-42 on the bug | |
| CAM-1 | one fortytwo | ||
| 18.23:42 | CAM-2 | one fortytwo | |
| CAM-3 | Anti-ice | ||
| CAM-1 | Off | ||
| 18.23:50 | CAM-3 | HSI heading | |
| CAM-1 | Set | ||
| 18.23:51 | CAM-3 | Seatbelt sign | |
| CAM-1 | On | ||
| CAM-3 | Ah | ||
| CAM-3 | Logo light | ||
| CAM-1 | It's okay | ||
| 18.23:55 | CAM-3 | Logo light | |
| CAM-1 | Checked | ||
| 12:32 | 18.23:58 | CAM-3 | Altimeters |
| CAM-1 | Altimeters is gonna be what it is | ||
| CAM-1 | It was 1-0-0-2 setting | ||
| 18.24:03 | CAM-3 | Okay, and airspeed, groundspeed, airspeed and EPR bugs | |
| 18.24:16 | CAM-3 | Gross weight estimates | |
| 18.24:16 | CAM | ((Sound of alternating tone)) ((Smoke detector aural warning)) | |
| 18.24:21 | CAM-3 | What can I say | |
| 18.24:22 | CAM-1 | Okay | |
| CAM-3 | I think it's all right now | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 12:05 | 18.24:25 | CAM-2 | one one zero |
| CAM-3 | Gross weight airspeed and EPR bugs | ||
| CAM-1 | Set and cross checked, one forty two set here two and one five five check | ||
| CAM-2 | One five five | ||
| CAM-3 | Check | ||
| 18.24:40 | CAM-1 | Keep the oxygen to be prepared | |
| 18.24:41 | CAM-3 | ((Sound of alternating tone three times simultaneously with above)) | |
| CAM-3 | There goes "A" | ||
| PA (T) | # # # # | ||
| 18.24:49 | CAM-1 | ((Singing in Arabic)) | |
| 11:31 | 18.24:59 | PA | Would passengers please remain seated |
| 18.25:04 | CAM-2 | Six point eight | |
| CAM-1 | Huh? | ||
| CAM-2 | Six point eight on the QNH | ||
| CAM-2 | One zero zero six decimal eight | ||
| CAM-? | ((Continuous talk by female voice in background)) | ||
| 18.25:12 | CAM-1 | Okay zero six decimal eight | |
| 11:04 | 18.25:26 | CAM-1 | Okay the throttle in engine number two, it's not returning back --- stuck |
| CAM-3 | Stuck? | ||
| 18.25:32 | CAM-1 | Stuck | |
| 18.25:36 | CAM-3 | I would leave it the way it is, Sir | |
| CAM | ((Sound of knocking)) | ||
| CAM-1 | Huh? | ||
| CAM-3 | Just leave it the way it is. | ||
| 18.25:40 | CAM-1 | I'm going to shut it down | |
| 18.25:41 | CAM-4 | We tried to, we tried to put it off, at L4 there is a fire | |
| CAM-3 | There's a fire? | ||
| CAM-4 | Yeah | ||
| CAM-3 | Well go put it out | ||
| 18.25:45 | TMACC | One six three, did you get the message to get us the passengers on board and fuel endurance | |
| CAM-4 | How | ||
| 18.25:47 | CAM-3 | In the ah, --- the fire extinguisher | |
| CAM-4 | I know I said we will do it | ||
| 18.25:50 | CAM-3 | There is a fire back there | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.25:54 | CAM | ((Sound similar to door slamming)) | |
| 18.25:55 | CAM-1 | Tell them we have actual fire in the cabin | |
| 10:31 | 18.25:59 | RDO-2 | Riyadh Saudi Arabia one six three, we have an actual fire in the cabin now |
| 18.26:07 | CAM-3 | Shall I let Jeddah know on HF? | |
| CAM-1 | No | ||
| 18.26:10 | TMACC | Saudi one six three roger, the fire are in the standby position and they are ready | |
| CAM-3 | No? | ||
| CAM-1 | Not with our situation | ||
| 18.26:17 | RDO-2 | One six three | |
| 18.26:18 | PA | L4 and R4 get the fire extinguishers from the galley --- ((repeated)) | |
| 10:01 | 18.26:29 | CAM-3 | Jee's lets go on as fast as we can til we can get to approach |
| 18.26:31 | CAM-1 | That's it, this is the maximum | |
| CAM-3 | Yeah | ||
| 18.26:34 | CAM-1 | Now engine number two is stuck there so something is wrong in it, I'm gonna be shut it down | |
| 18.26:39 | CAM | ((Sound similar to cockpit call chime)) | |
| 18.26:40 | CAM-3 | Well not yet, not yet, not yet | |
| 18.26:42 | CAM-4 | There is no way I can go to the back * * after L2 R2 because the people are fighting in the aisles | |
| CAM-3 | Okay find a way if you can | ||
| 18.26:53 | CAM-4 | L4 R4 L3 R3 * * open the cabinet and use all your fire extinguishers and the CO2 | |
| 9:28 | 18.27:02 | CAM-3 | I'll keep your speed up as long as possible |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| CAM-1 | As soon as possible we're gonna be down | ||
| 18.27:16 | PA (T) | (All passengers remain in your seats, etc.) | |
| 18.27:21 | CAM-3 | And your target speed is one forty one | |
| CAM-1 | Huh one forty one is set | ||
| 9:00 | 18.27:30 | CAM-3 | Here's the bug card |
| 18.27:32 | CAM-1 | Thank you | |
| 18.27:39 | CAM-2 | Set on mine | |
| 18.27:40 | PA | Please, everybody set down, move out of the way, everybody sit down, move out of the aisle, there is no danger from the airplane, everybody should stay in their seats | |
| PA (T) | Sit on your seat, sit on your seat, ladies and gentlemen take your seat --- nothing will happen to aircraft, ladies and gentlemen fasten your seatbelt, don't stand like this set on your seats -- sit down, sit down [in Urdu] | ||
| 8:27 | 18.28:03 | CAM-3 | Piece of cake, piece of cake |
| 18.28:10 | CAM-3 | As soon as we land, sir, I suggest that we turn off all fuel valves | |
| 18.28:14 | CAM-1 | Okay | |
| CAM-3 | As soon as we land | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.28:17 | CAM-3 | As soon as we touch down | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.28:22 | CAM-1 | Where is the runway? | |
| CAM-1 | Can you see the runway? | ||
| 18.28:27 | CAM-2 | No not yet, not yet | |
| 8:01 | 18.28:29 | CAM-2 | Twenty eight miles |
| CAM-? | # # # | ||
| 18.28:40 | CAM-3 | Did you tell the fire trucks to go to the back of the airplane as soon as possible | |
| CAM-2 | Yeah | ||
| CAM-1 | Huh | ||
| PA (T) | Will all passengers remain seated, will all passengers remain seated, ((Urdu)) --- ladies and gentlemen sit down, sit down (repeated) | ||
| CAM-1 | Advise them | ||
| CAM-1 | Huh | ||
| CAM-2 | Advise them? | ||
| 18.28:50 | CAM-1 (T) | How? | |
| 18.28:50 | RDO-2 | Riyadh one six three | |
| CAM-2 | Advise them | ||
| 18.28:52 | TWR | Go ahead | |
| CAM | ((Sound of two knocks)) | ||
| CAM-1 | Yeah, yeah | ||
| 18.28:54 | RDO-2 | Please advise fire trucks to be at tail of the airplane after touch, please. | |
| 7:31 | 18.28:59 | TWR | Yes, will do |
| 18.29:01 | CAM-1 (T) | Where is the airport, I don't see it? | |
| CAM-4 | Captain there is too much smoke in the back | ||
| CAM-2 (T) | There is the airport road, the yellow lamps are the airport road. | ||
| CAM-1 | Huh | ||
| CAM-2 (T) | The yellow lamps are the airport road | ||
| CAM-1 | That | ||
| CAM-2 | Yeah | ||
| CAM-4 | # # # | ||
| CAM-1 | Are there too much smoke there? | ||
| 6:56 | 18.29:34 | CAM-3 | Okay, I am going to test the system again |
| 18.29:36 | CAM | ((Sound of alternating tone)) ((Smoke detector)) | |
| 18.29:38 | CAM-3 | Okay, there's both "A" and "B" loops working again | |
| 18.29:44 | CAM-3 | And no indication of smoke | |
| 18.29:46 | CAM-1 | Huh | |
| 18.29:47 | CAM-3 | No ah indication of smoke, however, the cabin is filled with smoke in the back | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.29:53 | CAM-1 | Now the number two is stuck there the engine | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.29:56 | CAM-3 | I suggest we shut it down on short final | |
| 18.29:59 | CAM | ((Sound of alternating tone)) | |
| 6:31 | 18.29:59 | CAM-1 | Yeah, on short final |
| 18.30:01 | CAM-3 | Okay, there is "A" again | |
| 18.30:03 | CAM-3 | And "A" is going out | |
| 18.30:20 | CAM | ((Sound similar to door movement)) | |
| 6:03 | 18.30:27 | PA (T) | ((Passenger exhorting passengers to sit down)) |
| 18.30:35 | CAM-3 | What is he saying? | |
| CAM-2 | Trying to keep them calm, keep the down | ||
| 18.30:41 | CAM-1 | Okay flaps four please | |
| 18.30:45 | CAM-1 | Okay, final to the box | |
| 18.30:47 | CAM-2 | Final to the box please | |
| 18.30:52 | CAM | ((Sound similar to seat movement)) | |
| 18.30:56 | PA | Everybody sit down please, all passengers | |
| 5:30 | 18.31:00 | CAM-1 | Okay flaps ten please, correction, it's okay |
| CAM | ((Sound of cough)) | ||
| CAM-? | * | ||
| CAM-2 (T) | They are the first people | ||
| CAM-1 (T) | What? | ||
| CAM-2 (T) | They are the first people | ||
| CAM-1 (T) | Who are they? | ||
| 18.31:13 | CAM-2 (T) | They are the people we were talking about | |
| CAM-1 | Huh | ||
| CAM-2 | They are the people we were talking about | ||
| 18.31:18 | CAM-1 (T) | Where is the airport I don't see it | |
| CAM-2 (T) | You see those lights over there, that's the stadium | ||
| 18.31:22 | CAM-2 | I got the field in sight | |
| 18.31:25 | CAM-1 | I am just trying to intercept this (radial) | |
| CAM-2 | Okay | ||
| 5:00 | 18.31:30 | CAM-4 | Shall we evacuate? |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| 18.31:31 | CAM-4 | Did you say we should evacuate --- | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| CAM-4 | The passengers | ||
| CAM-3 | Say again | ||
| CAM-4 | Can we evacuate all the passengers? | ||
| 18.31:34 | CAM-1 | Flaps ten please | |
| CAM-3 | When we're on the ground yes | ||
| CAM-4 | Okay after we are on the ground yes | ||
| CAM-2 | Flaps ten | ||
| CAM-1 | Yeah | ||
| 18.31:38 | CAM-1 | Final to the box ! | |
| 18.31:40 | CAM-2 | Final to the box please | |
| 18.31:41 | CAM-3 | Final to the box | |
| 18.31:42 | CAM-3 | Okay ignition | |
| CAM-2 | On | ||
| CAM-3 | No smoking sign | ||
| CAM-2 | Say again | ||
| 18.31:48 | CAM-3 | No smoking sign | |
| CAM-2 | On | ||
| 18.31:49 | CAM-3 | Altimeters | |
| CAM-2 | Set, cross checked | ||
| CAM-3 | Brake pressure | ||
| CAM-2 | Checked | ||
| 18.31:51 | CAM-3 | Radio and R NAV selector | |
| CAM-2 | Check | ||
| 18.31:54 | CAM-3 | Okay complete to the box | |
| 18.31:58 | CAM-3 | Okay, right after landing sir do you want me to turn off all fuel valves? | |
| 4:28 | 18.32:02 | CAM-1 | No after we have stopped the aircraft |
| CAM-3 | Okay | ||
| 18.32:05 | CAM-1 | Okay, I'll tell you | |
| 18.32:10 | CAM-4 | Do you want us to evacuate passengers Captain? | |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| CAM-4 | Do you want us to evacuate the passengers as soon as we stop | ||
| 18.32:16 | CAM-1 | Take your position | |
| CAM-4 | Okay | ||
| 18.32:19 | CAM-3 | The area duct overheat | |
| CAM | ((Sound similar to door shutting)) | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| CAM-1 | Flaps eighteen please | ||
| 18.32:23 | CAM-2 | One eight | |
| 18.32:25 | PA | Flight attendants please take your position | |
| CAM-4 | Flight attendants please take your positions | ||
| 3:59 | 18.32:31 | CAM-2 | Got runway in sight? |
| 18.32:33 | RDO-2 | Riyadh, one six three, we got the runway in sight, are we cleared to land? | |
| CAM-1 | Oh yeah, I see it | ||
| PA | Please take your positions | ||
| 18.32:36 | TMACC | Affirmative, you are number one cleared for approach and you can continue tower one eighteen one | |
| 18.32:42 | RDO-2 | Eighteen one, one six three | |
| 18.32:44 | RDO-2 | Riyadh, Saudia one six three ten miles final runway in sight, cleared to land? | |
| CAM-4 | All of you sit down | ||
| 18.32:48 | TWR | One six three cleared to land, wind three two zero at five | |
| 18.32:48 | CAM-1 | Okay I'm shutting | |
| PA (T) | Fasten seatbelts all of you sit down [in Urdu] | ||
| 18.32:52 | CAM-1 | Okay, I'm shutting down engine number two | |
| CAM-1 | It's stuck, present EPR | ||
| 18.32:53 | RDO-2 | One six three, cleared to land, confirm you have alerted the fire trucks | |
| CAM-3 | Okay | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| CAM-3 | Okay | ||
| 18.32:58 | TWR | Affirmative, they are ready | |
| 18.32:59 | CAM-1 | Okay, it is coming down | |
| 3:29 | 18.33:01 | RDO-2 (T) | Thank you |
| CAM-3 | All right | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.33:06 | CAM-2 | Flaps in eighteen | |
| 18.33:08 | CAM-3 | I'll keep our speed up as much as possible | |
| CAM-1 | Okay, flaps twenty two | ||
| CAM-2 | Flaps twenty two | ||
| CAM-4 | Give me your attention please, be seated ladies and gentlemen, we are about to land there's no reason to panic | ||
| 18.33:22 | CAM-3 | I'll give you a hundred and fifty down, okay | |
| CAM-1 | What? | ||
| 18.22:23 | CAM-3 | A hundred and fifty on down | |
| CAM-1 | Yeah sure | ||
| 3:01 | 18.33:29 | PA | We're about to land ladies and gentlemen place your hands behind your head for impact, girls demonstrate impact position, girls demonstrate impact position |
| 18.33:31 | CAM-1 | Gear down please | |
| CAM-2 | Gear is coming down | ||
| 18.33:35 | CAM-3 | Okay, you can go one ninety | |
| CAM-1 | Good | ||
| 18.33:40 | CAM-1 | There is no, any procedure for the two engine, it's the same as three | |
| CAM-2 | Okay | ||
| CAM-3 | Yeah | ||
| 18.33:45 | CAM-1 | I just want to confirm it, I know it God damn it | |
| 18.33:52 | CAM-1 | Tell him that engine number two is should be shut down --- it's stuck | |
| 18.33:57 | CAM-2 | Okay | |
| 18.33:58 | CAM-1 | Tell the tower | |
| CAM-2 | Yeah | ||
| 2:30 | 18.34:00 | CAM-1 | Yeah, we just have engine number one |
| 18.34:02 | RDO-2 | Tower Saudi one six three | |
| 18.34:04 | PA | The girls have demonstrated impact position, please go down half a minute before touchdown, it's half a minute before touchdown, hands behind your head | |
| 18.34:06 | TWR | Go ahead one six three, wind three two zero at five | |
| CAM-1 | Number one and number three | ||
| 18.34:10 | RDO-2 | One six three is cleared to land, we have engine number two shut down, we have only one and three | |
| 18.34:17 | TWR | Copied today | |
| PA | Everybody, please sit down, everything's under control, we are landing back at Riyadh, please it down and fasten your seatbelts, sit down and fasten your seatbelts, please | ||
| CAM-1 | Okay | ||
| 18.34:20 | RDO-2 | Okay | |
| 18.34:25 | CAM-1 | Complete the final checklist | |
| CAM-2 | Complete, flaps | ||
| 2:04 | 18.34:26 | CAM-3 | Okay, your altimeters are one zero zero seven, set and cross checked three ways, gear and anti-skid is down and checked and your flaps are at thir- twenty two |
| 18.34:39 | CAM-1 | Yeah, I know it | |
| 18.34:44 | CAM-3 | Both loops "A" and "B" are out | |
| CAM-1 | Thank you | ||
| 1:37 | 18.34:53 | PA (T) | Ladies and gentlemen, no need to panic, place your hands behind your head for impact position [Urdu] |
| 18.35:06 | CAM-3 | Aft cargo door is opened sir | |
| 18.35:11 | CAM-1 | Check | |
| CAM-3 | No problem | ||
| PA | Now ladies and gentlemen, may I ask you to please put your hands behind your heads for the impact position | ||
| 18.35:56 | CAM-3 | Looking good | |
| 18.35:57 | CAM-1 | Tell them, tell them to not evacuate | |
| 0:30 | 18.36:01 | PA | Put your hand behind your head and head between your knees, hands behind your head |
| CAM | ((Sound similar to door opening)) | ||
| 18.36:07 | CAM-3 | No need for that, we are okay, no problem, no problem | |
| 18.36:12 | GPWS | Minimum --- minimum | |
| 18.36:12 | CAM-1 | One hundred | |
| CAM-3 | One hundred | ||
| 18.36:15 | CAM | ((Loud squeal begins and continues until end of CVR tape)) | |
| 18.36:18 | CAM-3 | Fifty | |
| 18.36:19 | CAM-3 | Forty | |
| 18.36:21 | CAM-3 | Thirty | |
| 18.36:22 | CAM | ((Loud squeal)) | |
| ((End of CVR tape)) | |||
| 0:00 | 18.36:30 | approximate time of landing |
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