A transcript of the cockpit voice recorder showed the crew were unsure about their navigation with the pilot remarking early into the flight, I hope I'm goin' in the right valley. Near the beginning of the released transcript Rowe, the mechanic, also remarks I don't know what we're gonna see, we don't normally go this route. The transcript also featured the pilots bantering about the flight and their job saying, Yeah this is fun!, and Yeah you're an x-wing fighter Star Wars man! the co-pilot exclaimed. The pilot said I swear to God they wouldn't pay me if they knew how much fun this was. At one point the pilots also talked about what music they should play in the aircraft. As they neared a box canyon, Rowe asks the pilots, Okay, you guys are gonna make this right? to which English replied Yeah I'm hopin. Approaching the end of the canyon, the pilots struggled to avoid a crash, desperately trying to turn around. The aircraft's flaps are deployed but it is too late. The stall warning sounds and Rowe can be heard shouting We're goin' down! before the transcript ends. The CASA 212 crashed in the Koh-i-Baba mountain range.