At 21:11:07, the NY TRACON final vector controller informed the flight that they were fifteen miles from the outer marker and instructed them to maintain an altitude of 2,000 feet (610 m) "until established on the localizer."
Ás 21:11:07 o controlador de vector final do NY TRACON informou o voo de que estaban a 15 millas do marcador exterior e instruíunos a manter unha altitude de 2 000 pés (610 m) "ata que se estableza no localizador".