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The Federal Aviation Administration released audio recordings this morning that reveal the communications between air traffic control and US Airways flight 1549 just before it splashed down into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009.

The FAA releases audio tapes revealing details of flight 1549 crash.

is the transcript of that conversation beginning about two minutes after the flight departed from LaGuardia Airport. Flight 1549 is referred to as "Cactus" in its communications with air traffic control.