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0122:40

0122:48

0122:53

0122:57
0123

0123:01
0124
0125
0125:19

0127
(0128-0131)
0132

Lea

OPS7

Lc4

OPS7

LCc4

LCc4

and ops seven if you get just immediately west of three
four right and just north of whiskey charlie you'll see
the glow coming out of there i can see the flames right
now

i have it tower i have it uh i have the uh glow can we
confirm the aircraft type

uh it's a boeing seven thirty seven

seven thirty seven ops seven copies

seven thirty seven five hundred series continental

s ia reviewed you'll be local three and local four the
weather's v f r the winds are out of the west northwest
thirty one knots is the highest i've seen it i've seen
no wind shears over here um i had one down at two five
real briefly and that was probably fif ten fifteen
minutes ago um you know let's see they're calling the
west side of the airfield closed the only runway that is
officially closed right now is three four right so
you've got uh three four left technically open all the
traffic is down there is back to ground three four right
is closed the accident is immediately west of three four
right north of whiskey charlie and the trucks are there
they all have clearance to cross the runway two five is
now open available and unoccupied the departure end is
not yet tagged is delta ninety six thirty two on a two
sixty heading you're in a north and west configuration
so don't turn east i've not given away any departure
airspace yet and that's all you have a f t y

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Federal Aviation
Administration

Memorandum

Date: February 11, 2009
To: Aircraft Accident File DEN-ATCT-0018
From: Denver Airport Traffic Control Tower

Subject: INFORMATION: Partial Transcript
Aircraft Accident, COA1404
Denver, CO, December 21, 2008

This transcription covers the Denver Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) Lc4 LC
position for the time period from December 21, 2008, 0109 UTC, to December 21,

2008, 0132 UTC.

Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations
Denver ATCT Local Control Four Lc4
CONTINENTAL AIR LINES INC., COA1404 COA1404
Unknown UNK

Denver Airport operations vehicle nine oPs9

Denver Airport operations vehicle seven OPS7

I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded
conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving COA1404.

\\ Lan YY Cbhil d

Diana Hanley
Support Specialist
Denver ATCT

0109
(0110-0113)
0114

0114:28 LC4

0114:32 COA1404

0115
0116
0117
0117:27 Lc4

continental fourteen zero four denver tower runway three
four right position and hold

position and hold runway three four right continental
fourteen zero four

continental fourteen zero four wind two seven zero at
two seven turn right heading zero two zero runway three
four right cleared for takeoff



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0117:35 COA1404
0118

0118:42 UNK
0118:47 Lc4
0118:48 UNK
0118:55 Lc4
0118:59 Lc4
0119:02 UNK
0119:32 Lc4
0119:36 UNK
0119:50 LC4
0119:57 OPS?
0119:59 Lc4
0120:10 OPS?
0120:14 Lc4
0120:33 Lc4
0120:40 OPS9

heading zero two zero cleared for takeoff runway three
four right continental fourteen zero four

tower it looks like you have a plane go off of three
four right on the left side

say that again

looks like an aircraft went off of three four right on
the left side

continental fourteen zero four denver tower

he's in

he's off the runway

continental fourteen zero four denver tower

looks like fire over there

any ops vehicle on denver tower any ops vehicle

ops nine on frequency

ops nine just had an aircraft departure roll off three
four right exited the runway at whiskey charlie appears
to be on fire immediately adjacent to the firehouse red
alert

ops nine copies

ops nine appear to be north of whiskey charlie and west
of runway three four right adjacent to the firehouse

ops nine traffic's coming out of the station going the
wrong way they need to go eastbound out of the firehouse

nine copies


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0120:42 Lc4
0120:50 OPS7
0120:52 Lc4
0120:55 OPS7
0120:56 Lc4a
0121:07 OPS7
0121:09 Lc4
0121:15 OPS7
0121:34 OPS7
0122

0122:02 LC4
0122:08 OPS7
0122:09 Lc4
0122:18 OPS?
0122:22 UNK
0122:24 Lc4

any rescue vehicles on frequency

tower ops seven's on go

ops seven denver tower are you with me

seven's on tower go ahead

ops seven west of runway three four right immediately
north of whiskey charlie immediately east of the
firehouse on fire in the ditch off the runway

seven copy all

ops seven we're gonna show runway three four right
closed at this time all your equipment can cross three
four right

affirmative three four right closed thank you

red lead red chief on ops seven three four right is
closed cross the runway you have immediate access to the
aircraft one six left three four right is closed

an ops seven it appears your truck is going southbound
on uh three four right is that what they want to do away
from the aircraft

i'll turn em around tower i'11 turn em around

yeah he was stopped there at whiskey charlie it looked
like he was going right at it it's north of whiskey
charlie i can see the glow north of whiskey charlie and
west of three four right

seven copies thanks

come on guys

okay everybody that's on three four right needs to go
northbound it's immediately adjacent to the firehouse
it's on whiskey charlie