CVR transcript Japan Air Lines Flight 123 - 12 AUG 1985
All conversations were spoken in Japanese and later translated. Legenda: CA = Captain FO = First officer FE = Flight engineer ST = Stewardess URV = Unreadable voices GPWS = Ground Proximity Warning System >time source content 18:24:10 ST: Some passenger is pushing a switch. May I? CA: Be careful...be careful and quickly. ST: Thank you. 18:24:34 (large bang) (warning sound) FE: Oh (warning stopped) CA: What have you identified? CA: Check gear...Gear. ?: Ah... CA: Gear... ?: URV ?: URV 18:24:44 (Prerecorded announcement) Put on oxygen mask, fasten seat belt, we are making an emergency descent ST: May we ask you...passengers with infants,...nearby passengers ....please be ready...for 18:24:46 CA: Squawk 77 ?: URV ?: URV ?: ehh... ?: URV 18:24:54 ?: Hydro pressure dropped. ?: Amber light on. URV 18:25:03 (warning sounds) 18:25:13 CA: Right turn. 18:25:14 CA: Right turn. FO: I did it. CA: Yes. 18:25:50 CA: Do not bank so deeply FO: Yes, sir. CA: Do not bank so deeply FO: Yes, sir. 18:26:08 CA: Recover it. FO: It does not recover. 18:26:12 CA: Pull up. 18:26:25 CA: All hydraulics failed. FO: Yes, sir. CA: Descend. FO: Yes, sir. FE: It is... CA: Descend. (warning sounds) CA: Why this sound? ?: URV 18:26:45 CA: Right turn. FO: Right turn. CA: Your side is cleared. FO: Yes, sir. 18:27:37 CA: Turn left. 18:27:46 ?: Hydro pressure is all lost. All lost? ?: All lost. All lost. Yes. FO: Ah...Please contact with company (radio) ah...them through 235 company (radio) FE: Yes. ?: URV CA: Why are they so noisy? 18:28:48 CA: Left turn. 18:29:00 CA: ... dropped FO: Yes, sir. I try... FO: Yes, sir. CA: Do not say, yes. FO: Yes, sir 18:29:19 FO: Yes, sir. 18:29:56 CA: What is this? 18:30:27 FE: (through interphone) How about cabin pressure? Have cabin masks dropped? So? Well, cabin pressure... please. 18:30:49 ?: URV 18:30:52 FE: Because cabin masks dropped... ?: URV FE: Cabin pressure dropped. 18:31:35 FE: What? more aft...ah...What was damaged? Where? ah...ah...ah... ah... Coat room? for rear-most, is it not? Understood. Ah...Coat room...general...It dropped in baggage space. It would be better to land. FE: All persons inhale masks... 18:32:59 ?: Do we descend slightly? 18:33:12 ?: R... FE: R5 window? Roger. Yes, roger. Yes, roger. 18:33:33 FE: Captain CA: Yes FE: R5 window...it would be better to make an emergency descent. CA: Yes 18:33:55 FE: Do we put on masks? CA: Yes, it would be better FE: I think it would be better to inhale emergency mask CA: Yes 18:34:06 (warning sounds) FO: Please by company (radio) FE: Roger (warning stopped) FE: Ah... Where? FE: Ah.Now... 18:34:37 (warning sounds) FE: Ah. Where now FE: Ya 18:35.00 FE: Which section of Japan Air? ?: It is Osaka FE: Yes FE: Japan Air Osaka? Japan Air Tokyo 1 Japan Air Tokyo. 18:35:05 (warning stopped) 18:35:49 ?: URV FE: Ehh.. ?: URV CA: Do not care it. 18:37:08 ST: ... now ... please... 18:37:09 ?: ah...Ah...ah..ah 18:37:30 CA: Nose down. 18:37:37 CA: Lower nose FO: Yes, sir. 18:38:02 CA: Lower nose. FO: Yes, sir. 18:38:15 CA: Lower nose. FO: Yes, sir. 18:38:28 CA: Do it with both hands. With both hands. FO: Ya, sir. 18:38:39 FE: Do we down gear? gear down... FO: Gear down' 18:33:44 CA: Speed does not drop. FO: Speed does not drop. 18:38:53 CA: Lower nose. FO: Yes, sir. 18:39:11 FE: Do I set it in alternate position? CA: Wait a moment... 18:39:50 CA: Lower nose. FO: Yes, sir 18:39:54 CA: Lower now. FO: Yes, sir ?: URV 18:39:59 CA: Lower nose. FO: Ya, sir. CA: What is this? ?: URV CA: Lower nose 18:40:21 FE: Gear was lowered FO: Ya, sir. 18:40:40 CA: Lower no