Transcripts from the Polish plane crash that killed the Polish President

Partial transcripts of the CVR, the communications between the pilots and ATC was released on Tuesday.

10:11:01 SECOND PILOT: No, one can see the ground...Something is visible...Maybe there’ll be no tragedy.
10:17:40: PILOT: It’s not good, the fog has descended. One doesn’t know if we will land there.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Really?
UNIDENTIFIED: And if we don’t, then what?
PILOT: We will re-ascend.
10:23:59 AIR CONTROL: What other airport options do you have?
PILOT: Vitebsk, Minsk (in Belarus)
10:25:01 PILOT: Thank you, if it’s fine, we will try landing, but if weather conditions are bad we will re-ascend to make a second circle.
10:25:12 AIR CONTROL: If you try to land, will you have enough fuel to (get to) the backup (airport)?
PILOT: We will have enough.
10:26:05 SECOND PILOT: Well, they (*) succeeded. They also say there is fog...
PILOT: Director (**), there is fog... Right now, in these (weather) conditions, we will not be able to land. We will try to land, will make one attempt, but probably nothing will come out of it. If it occurs (unintelligible) what do we do? We don’t have enough fuel to... (unintelligible).
KAZANA: Well then we have a problem.
PILOT: We can stay up for 30 minutes and then go to the backup (airport).
10:29:40 1st POLISH PLANE: The Il (***) was trying to land twice and I think they flew somewhere else.
SECOND PILOT: Ok, I get it, thanks. Did you hear?
PILOT: Nice.
10:30:32 MARIUSZ KAZANA: So far there is no decision from the president on what to do next.
10:32:55 PILOT: We are attempting to land. If we fail to land, we are re-ascending on autopilot.
10:35:22 AIR CONTROL: From 100 metres be ready to re-ascend for a second loop.
PILOT: Roger.
10:38:00 UNIDENTIFIED: (S)he will be annoyed if... (Unintelligible)
10:40:06 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN AHEAD
10:40:32 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN AHEAD
10:40:39 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN AHEAD (100 metres)
10:40:42 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP

10:40:44 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:46 WARNING SYSTEM: TERRAIN AHEAD, TERRAIN AHEAD (100 metres)
10:40:49 SECOND PILOT: As normal (90 metres)
WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP (80 metres)
10:40:50 SECOND PILOT: We are re-ascending
10:41:51 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
(60 metres)
(50 metres)
10:40:52 (air control urges pilots to halt descent)
(40 metres)
10:40:53 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
(30 metres)
10:40:54 (air control urges pilots to halt descent)
(20 metres)
10:40:56 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:58 WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:40:59 (sound of hitting a tree)
10:41:00 SECOND PILOT: Fuck!
WARNING SYSTEM: PULL UP, PULL UP
10:41:02 AIR CONTROL: Re-ascend for second circle
UNIDENTIFIED: (shout) Fuuuuuuck.
10:41:05 (transcript ends)
NOTES:
* Refers to a plane carrying Polish journalists which had landed safely in Smolensk earlier that morning ahead of Kaczynski’s plane.
** Refers to Mariusz Kazana, head of Poland’s diplomatic protocol.
*** Refers to a Russian plane which tried to land in Smolensk after the first Polish plane but failed due to thick fog. It flew to a different airport.

Source : The Montreal Gazette