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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:31 pm
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Originally Posted by alanh
A full transcript hasn't been released. The NTSB did give a summary:They also said that the word "Mayday" was on the CVR but not on the ATC recording -- they may not have keyed the mike.
As I understand it, the word "mayday" has to be said 3 times, followed by the call sign (cactus 1549) 3 times in order for the mayday call to be valid. So if mayday was said once, it does not make sense.
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