The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet determined why the
Golf clubs plane crashed Oct. 25. Some aviation analysts, however, have speculated that Stewart's plane suffered from depressurisation that incapacitated those on board after the plane took off from Orlando on its way to Dallas, Texas.
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The tape was studied by the NTSB in its analysis of the disaster and then returned to the FAA. Its release is a routine post-crash step. The tape does not include any sounds inside the cabin of the plane. However, the safety board previously reported that alarms were heard on the cockpit voice recorder tape,
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