As Southwest Flight 1455 descended toward Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport on the evening of 5 March 2000, warnings began sounding, according to transcripts released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Captain Howard Peterson, who was flying the jet, and co-pilot J D Erwin continued to descend.
6:10:47 pm Warning: "Whoop, whoop, pull up, whoop, whoop, pull up, whoop, whoop, pull up, whoop, whoop, pull up."
6:10:53 Peterson: "That's all right."
6:10:59 Jet touches down.
6:11:15 Erwin: "Need any help?"
6:11:18 Peterson: "(Expletive), Howard. You (expletive)."
6:11:20 Sound of impacts.
6:11:28 Peterson: "My fault."
6:11:32 Peterson: "My fault."
6:11:37 Peterson (over PA): "And folks, remain seated, remain seated, we're all right."
6:11:42 Air traffic controller: "Response coming now."
6:11:46 Peterson: "Well, there goes my career."
6:11:58 Peterson: "You stupid (expletive)."
6:14:09 Peterson (to controllers): "Yeah, you better send the emergency equipment over, uh, uh, we went through the barrier."
6:14:15 Controller: "Affirmative, they should be over there already."
Source: USA Today 11 July 2001; photo credit Kevork Djansezian, Associated Press