Originally Posted by
frozenboxhauler
"We "need" to declare an emergency" and "We "are" declaring and emergency" are two different things. Did the Captain declare and emergency? I really don't know. Don't get me wrong, ATC should have dropped everything, but the verbage was not strong enough. You're right, SikPilot, this should never happen again.
fbh
On the tape of the handoff to approach control the approach guy says there is an aircraft that has declared an emergency. Period.