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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: jportzer on December 29, 2014, 05:30:22 PM

Title: HF radio Mayday from yacht on behalf of downed C172 in Tasmania
Post by: jportzer on December 29, 2014, 05:30:22 PM
A bit different type of clip, this is a recording of the Mayday made on behalf of a C-172, VH-PFT, that ditched in the ocean near the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.  This broadcast was made on HF radio by a yacht that witnessed the crash:

http://www.sail-world.com/multimedia/vk3vim_audio_20141229171507.mp3

Stories:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-29/light-aircraft-crashes-into-the-water-off-tasmania/5992052

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/oil-slick-where-tas-plane-crashed-police-20141229-3nax9.html

http://www.news.sail-world.com/Sydney_Hobart___Mistraal_Mayday_report_of_the_downed_photo_aircraft/130269

A number of yachts were diverted to the scene, and an oil slick was found, unfortunately no sign of the fuselage or the two occupants.