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Capt: You got a flashlight
F/O: Yeah, I got a flashlight
F/O: Ah, we're boost out to
Capt: Huh?
F/O: We're boost out aren't we?
Capt: Yeah give us the boost
F/E: You got it
Capt: No, get the boost off
???: * good move
ATC: Log Air five nine Salt Lake
F/E: Okay
Capt: Needle ball airspeed
F/O (To ATC): Roger, eight five nine has lost all electrical power on the aircraft
Capt: Okay, let's start
ATC: Log Air eight five nine, do you want to land at Salt Lake?
F/O (To ATC): Uh, we want to make sure we're on a heading wha- I need deviation from our heading we'll require-
Capt: Request a descent
F/O (To ATC): And a descent
Capt: * cancel
ATC: All right, you appear to be heading due west now, say your altitude
F/O (To ATC): Uh, we're heading uh, we're altitude of eleven twelve thousand. Now descending through twelve
F/E: We've still got "B" (Referring to Electrical Bus B)
ATC: Maintain one * thousand for terrain Log Air eight five nine and continue in a right turn
F/O (To ATC): Okay we ah...
Capt: Give us gyro headings, we have no gyros
F/O (To ATC): Yeah and we'll need gyro headings the whole way
???: One eleven keep an eye on the west
ATC: Roger Log Air eight five nine, do you wish vectors back to Salt Lake
???: You're in a left turn now
F/E: *
F/O: No you're in a right turn
Capt: You help me, help me. Help me fly the airplane
F/O: Okay
Capt: What have we got?
==Sound of wind buffeting from increasing airspeed==
F/O: Three zero zero on the heading
Capt: We need a heading of uh...
ATC: Log Air eight five nine, stop turn
F/O (To ATC): Eight five nine, roger
Capt: Three one zero
ATC: Are you able to maintain your altitude eight five nine
F/O (To ATC): Eight five nine, we are uh, descending, do you want us to maintain altitude?
ATC: You can descend at your discretion, maintain eight thousand for terrain Log Air eight five nine
F/O (To ATC): Okay what we need is some VFR weather, point us towards some VFR weather if at all possible
Capt: Okay, help me, I'm climbing
ATC: I'll take you
Capt: Okay
Capt: Help me, I'm...
ATC: North of Salt Lake and I should be able to get you down to about six thousand to get you parallel * present time maintain eight thousand for terrain Log Air eight five niner
Capt: Needle ball airspeed
F/O: I got you in a right turn
F/O: Descending
F/O: Desc--
==Sound of breakup==
[Momentary power interruption to CVR]
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