Team principal Christian Horner revealed that the contact had caused damage to Vettel's car, but the lack of radio contact made it impossible to communicate with him.
For security reasons, the Indianapolis had been out of radio contact with the Navy.
The plane did not issue a distress call before losing radar and radio contact, the NTSB said.
Air traffic controllers re-established radio contact after the plane had flown about 150 miles past its destination.
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After 78 minutes of radio silence, the pilots re-established radio contact with air traffic controllers, it said.
The NTSB said Saturday the plane did not issue a distress call before losing radar and radio contact.
In the original song, Ground Control loses radio contact with the astronaut, Major Tom, implying that the mission has failed.
There is constant radio contact, as the monitors try to catch a glimpse or hear the familiar sounds of hunting.
"We had lost all radio contact with Sebastian, which meant we could only speak with him via the pit board, " he said.
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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An FAA spokesman said the agency was tracking the airplane on radar, so it knew the aircraft's position during the period without radio contact.
According to those present at the compound, there were no communications problems at the annex, and the team was in constant radio contact with headquarters.
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All four Cluster satellites will fly independently, controlled by radio contact with a ground station on earth, rather than talking among themselves about where they are.
The Interfax news agency said that even if radio contact cannot be established, an emergency crew could be sent to try to regain control over the station.
The rule requiring the yachts to make radio contact had been put in place after the 1998 race when six crewmen lost their lives in fierce storms.
It was a tricky maneuver, and it didn't help that during its approach Messenger had to lose radio contact with mission control while it flew behind the planet.
When Mary Cummings, a former US Navy pilot, stopped flying F-18 fighter jets in 1997, there were no video links between cockpits and command centres, and even radio contact was patchy at times.
Since the September, 11, 2001, attacks, NORAD has regularly launched fighter jets to track aircraft in unusual situations, such as when they deviate from flight plans, lose radio contact or enter restricted airspace.
Since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, NORAD has regularly launched fighter jets to track aircraft in unusual situations such as when they deviate from flight plans, lose radio contact or enter restricted airspace.
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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.
Twice during the state-by-state tour, Lindbergh was lost in bad weather and each time several hours passed before radio contact with him was reestablished and he was able to let the country know that all was well.
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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She insisted there had been no safety implication as control towers still had radio and radar contact with aircraft.
Astronauts have to be screened for their ability to tolerate long stretches in tightly confined isolation, and they come to depend on radio and video communications for social contact.
But President Joseph Estrada, smarting from what he considers excessively critical coverage of his administration, says that he will in future refuse to talk to journalists, limiting his contact with the media to appearances on live radio shows.
As Elgar's Nimrod was played by the military band and wreathes were being laid, I felt a finger lifting the headphones off my ears and heard my radio engineer whisper that I was to contact the newsroom urgently.
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Kruger said the BSA will contact companies in the five cities via direct mail and radio advertising.
They acknowledge the difficulties caused by choosing radio-frequency chips instead of a system where direct contact must be made with the reader.
That data, which travels through the network rather than via radio waves between the two devices, could be photos, contact information, or payment.
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