Air traffic controllers re-established radio contact after the plane had flown about 150 miles past its destination.
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Shortly afterward, air traffic controllers in Malaysia lost contact with the plane somewhere over the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.
Harten said he lost radio contact with Flight 1549 and the plane disappeared from his radar screen as it dropped below New York's skyscrapers.
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Fighter pilots were sent up to intercept Stewart's plane after controllers lost contact with it, and they reported its cockpit and cabin windows were frosted over.
The plane was in the air for another 45 minutes after radio contact was restored, meaning that if the recorder was working properly, anything the pilots would have said during the time they weren't answering radio calls would have been recorded over.
The plane was in the air for another 45 minutes after radio contact was restored, meaning that if the recorder was working properly, anything the pilots would have said during the time they were not answering radio calls would have been recorded over.
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The plane did not issue a distress call before losing radar and radio contact, the NTSB said.
The NTSB said Saturday the plane did not issue a distress call before losing radar and radio contact.
Quoting the Israeli army, Hanna said the Israeli pilots also made eye contact with him, and fired a warning shot across the front of the plane.
CNN's Mike Hanna in Jerusalem said the plane was tracked by Israeli warplanes and helicopters, who established radio contact and made repeated attempts to contact the pilot, but he refused to respond or identify himself.
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