We'll be looking at what weather information they had been given and then very carefully at the Doppler radar tapes and things of that nature from the area. We'll be looking at what the weather actually was and what the crew thought it was.
Not only are words important on a tape but sounds are important, ... Quite often spectral analysis of noises or other sorts of clunks and clinks can be identified by members of the cockpit voice recording group.
After listening to the tape we found that there was no mention of engine problems or a failure or emergency until the second approach.
After listening to the (air controller's) tape we found that there was no mention of engine problems or a failure or emergency until the second approach.