Atlanta ATC
SouthJet 227, Atlanta Centre. Descend and maintain flight level three-zero-zero.
Ken Evans
Descend and maintain flight level three-zero-zero, SouthJet 227.
Whip
Whoa, wha? What is that?
Ken Evans
The elevator feels really stiff, sir!
Whip
Alright, hold course. Margaret, get everybody strapped in, get everybody strapped in tight!
Whip
Power back! Power back!
Margaret Thomason
Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts now! Fasten your seatbelts securely now!
Ken Evans
I have no control on my side. No control at all sir.
Whip
We've lost our hydraulics. Centre, this is SouthJet 227, we've lost our hydraulics and feels like our pitch control.
Atlanta ATC
Southjet 227, Atlanta Centre, understand you've lost hydraulics and pitch control?
Whip
That is affirm, we are in an uncontrolled descent.
Atlanta ATC
Southjet 227, Atlanta, say your intentions. Are you declaring an emergency?
Margaret Thomason
Everyone's belted in, are we going down?
Whip
We need everyone in brace positions. Yes, that is affirm, we are in a dive. We are in a dive. We have lost vertical control. We're gonna need drag, I want you to throw out everything you got, the speedbrakes, the gear, everything.
Margaret Thomason
Brace positions, head down and forward, head down and forward!
Ken Evans
Uh, gear is down. I don't think hydraulics is the problem sir.
Whip
We need to dump the fuel, do it! Atlanta Centre, this is SouthJet 227, we are in an uncontrolled dive, descending out of 21,000 feet, we're declaring an emergency. We've dumped our fuel. We've got a jammed stabilizer or something, we need a block of altitude to work the problem and a heading to the nearest airport.
Atlanta ATC
SouthJet 227, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is twelve o clock at two-zero miles from your present position. Turn left, heading three-one-five.
Whip
Just do it. Do it, 30 degrees. Three-one-five, we'll try our best. Alright, that bought us a little time. That bought us a little time. Now we've got to revert to manual control, your side first.
Ken Evans
OK, I got it. Nothing, no control. Oh no, we're diving again!
Whip
Alright, Okay, okay. I can't let go of my side, see if you can reach my side.