Pilot’s Mayday Call During Emergency Descent on Turn to Freeport

Number two, bravo delta, the turn to Freeport looks pretty nasty.

There's areas of moderate to heavy precipitation at eleven o'clock and two five miles, a hundred miles in diameter.

But we have light, clear ice that is manageable and moderate turbulence.

Seven two two bravo delta. We're descending eight thousand. Mayday, mayday.

We're descending ten thousand feet per minute.

November seven two two bravo delta, roger.

Declaring emergency, seven two two bravo delta.

We are in an over speed condition, descending twenty thousand feet per minute!

We are descending twenty-two thousand feet and we are banking sixty degrees.