Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110414:13:30:00
Controller was asleep. the pilot's call signal you will hear is cheyenne lifeguard. 2:00 a.m. in the skies over reno. >> lifeguard -- >> reporter: the pilot of this medevac plane with a seriously ill patient onboard urgently needed to land. >> reno tower -- >> reporter: no answer from the tower, but radar controllers in northern california were listening. >> we're going to call him on the phone lines. >> all right. we'll circle. >> reporter: despite phone calls to the reno tower, still no answer. finally the medevac pilot told california controllers he couldn't wait any longer. >> we've got a ...
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