One of the pilots must have kept his hand pressed on the talk button of the radio microphone: sounds of the struggle were heard by Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] ground controllers and by pilots of planes on the same radio frequency.
Omunye wabashayeli bebhanoyi kungenzeka ukuthi ubebeke isandla kwinkinobho yokukhuluma ku-ova: amazwi okuthwala kanzima azwiwe abaqondisi abaphansi beFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) nabashayeli bamanye amabhanoyi abasebenzisa o-ova abafanayo.