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0952:20

0952:26

0952:33

0952:36

0952:38

0952:40

0952:42

0952:46

0952:50

0952:55
0952:56
0953

0953:03

0953:07

0953:12

0953:25

0953:29

0953:34

LC

ARPT15

Lc

ARPT15

LC

ARPT15

Lc

ARPT15

ARPT4

ARFF

Lc

Lc

ARFF

LC

AREF

Lc

ARFF

airport one two plus two uh advise when we can reopen
the runway i got a fedex inbound i need to use the ils

affirm you can use the runway is clear back open

roger that showing it open

tower airport fifteen

airport fifteen go ahead

i'm sorry you had called me earlier did you still need
me

uh disregard just wanted to make sure the runway was
open and clear

fifteen copy

tower airport four and eleven would like to cross the
approach end one eight

redbird two seven

redbird two seven tower

redbird two seven tower

this is redbird two seven uh can you give us more
information on this

redbird two seven uh u p s airbus crashed about two mile
final runway one eight

are we clear to go to our stand by positions

the aircraft is not coming to the airport

so it's already crashed


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0950:48 Lc
0951

0951:02 ARPT11
0951:07 LC
0951:18 ARPT11
0951:20 LC
0951:33 ARPT11
0951:34 Lc
0951:40 ARPT11
0951:42 LC
0951:43 ARPT11
0951:47 ARPT4
0951:53 Lc
0951:56 ARPT4
0952

0952:01 ARPT11
0952:05 Lc
0952:09 ARPT11
0952:11 LC
0952:15 ARPT15

airport eleven go ahead

yeah airport eleven uh stand by tower uh i'm trying to
figure out what we need to do

airport eleven roger

tower was that ups

affirmative

tower airport eleven

airport eleven go ahead

yes sir was that ups

airport eleven affirmative

thank you very much

tower airport four would like north on bravo cross uh
six two four available

airport four proceed north on bravo cross six two four

north on bravo crossing six two four

tower airport eleven would also like north on bravo
crossing six two four

airport eleven proceed north on bravo cross six two four

north on bravo six two four airport eleven

airport fifteen tower

airport fifteen airport one two plus two off the runway


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0953:37

0953:40

0953:43

0954

0954:13

0954:25

0954:27

0954:30

0954:32

0954:58
0955

0955:02
0956
(0957-1000)
1001

Lc

ARFF

ARPT11

ARPT11

Lc

ARPT11

LC

ARPT11

ARPT11

Lc

affirmative

redbird two seven proceed

airport eleven would like to cross one eight

tower airport four and eleven would like to cross
approach one eight

airport vehicle calling say again

four and eleven would like to cross approach one eight

airport four and eleven cross one eight

crossing one eight airport for and eleven

tower four and eleven are off movement area in the
safety area

airport four and eleven roger

End of Transcript


Federal Aviation
Administration

Memorandum

Date: August 22, 2013
To: Aircraft Accident File BHM-ATCT-0110
From: Birmingham Airport Traffic Control Tower

Subject: INFORMATION: Partial Transcript
Aircraft Accident, UPS1354
Birmingham, AL, August 14, 2013

This transcription covers the Birmingham Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) LC
LC position for the time period from August 14, 2013, 0936 UTC, to August 14,
2013, 1001 UTC.

Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE COMPANY,

(LOUISVILLE, KY), UPS1354 UPS1354
Birmingham ATCT, Local Control (LC) Lc
Birmingham Airport Authority Airport 12

Vehicle ARPT12
Birmingham Airport Authority Airport 11

Vehicle ARPT11
Alabama Air National Guard Fire Station

(ARFF) ARFF
Birmingham Airport Authority Airport 4

Vehicle ARPT4
Birmingham Airport Authority Airport 15

Vehicle ARPT15

I certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded
conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving UPS1354.

Michael A Grosse
Support Specialist
Birmingham ATCT

0936

(0937-0940)

0941

0941:41 UPS1354 birmingham u p s thirteen fifty four we're at one one

thousand we have papa looking for lower

0941:49 LC ups thirteen fifty four heavy birmingham tower descend


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and maintain three thousand and uh runway six is still
closed you want do you want uh the localizer one eight

0941:59 UPS1354 yes sir the localizer one eight will work

0942:01 Lc copy that

0942:04 Lc ups thirteen fifty four heavy turn ten degrees right
join the localizer maintain three thousand

0942:08 UPS1354 ten right join the localizer maintain three thousand
thirteen fifty four heavy

0943

0943:23 Lc ups thirteen fifty four heavy one one miles from
baskin maintain two thousand five hundred till
established on localizer cleared localizer one eight
approach

0943:43 UPS1354 two thousand five hundred till established cleared for
localizer one eight approach u p s thirteen fifty four
heavy

0944

0945

0945:08 ARPT12 tower airport twelve plus two go ahead

0945:17 Lc ups thirteen fifty four have you change to my
frequency one one niner point niner

0945:21 UPS1354 nineteen nine

0945:29 UPS1354 thirteen fifty four up nineteen nine

0945:30 LC ups thirteen fifty four heavy runway one eight cleared
to land wind calm

0945:33 UPS1354 one eight cleared to land thirteen fifty four

0945:57 LC airport fifteen tower

0946

0946:12 LC airport twelve are un we uh on schedule to open back up

at uh one zero z


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0946:18 ARPT12
0946:24 LC
0947

0948

0948:03 ARPT12
0948:05 Le
0949

0949:22 LC
0949:34 ARPT11
0949:40 LC
0949:41 ARFF
0949:42 Lc
0949:45 ARFF
0949:48 ic
0949:55 ARFF
0949:57 LC
0950:11 ARFF
0950:12 Lc
0950:20 Lo
0950:30 LC
0950:35 ARPT11

affirm they're very close to the end right now uhm

roger

tower airport twelve did you see that

airport twelve there's a crash u p s thirteen fifty four
heavy crashed uh on the hill

attention uh attention attention uh alert uh three
airport crash aircraft crash uh three mile final runway
one eight

birmingham tower airport eleven

redbird

redbird

airport authority

we're clear

uhm pemco

can you repeat that

uh aircraft aircraft crash three mile final runway one
eight is a uh airbus three on six redbird copy

redbird copies

two mile final runway one eight

airport twelve go ahead

airport eleven did you call

yeah stand by