Polish Flight Transcripts Published

The Polish government released the awaited transcript of the black box from the cockpit of the president’s ill-fated plane that crashed on April 10, killing all 95 on board. The transcript reveals that the pilots ignored repeated warnings from the plane’s automatic warning systems that it was on a dangerous collision course.

The full document is published on the Ministry of the Interior and Administration’s website.

Several minutes before catching the top trees and then crashing, the plane’s terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) had warned the pilots to pull up the plane eight times.

TWAS issues warnings if an aircraft is in an unsafe trajectory toward the earth or an object.

The transcript reveals that the pilots knew the conditions were dangerous for landing. It is unclear why the pilots waited until it was too late to maneuver the aircraft out of danger.

The recording begins at 10:04 a.m. and ends 37 minutes later at 10:41, the time of the crash.

From 10:26 a.m [pilot]: “At this moment, under these conditions, which exist at this moment, we won't be able to land. We will try to make an approach, we’re going to make one attempt, but most likely, it’s not going to work out.”