A handoff controller listening in on the conversation called the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (NY TRACON) at 20:46:24 and advised the TRACON controller that Avianca Flight 52 could only hold for five more minutes.
Un controlador de transferencia que estaba escoitando a conversa chamou ao Control de Aproximación de Radar de Terminal de Nova York (NY TRACON) ás 20:46:24 e avisou o controlador do TRACON de que o voo 52 de Avianca só podería agardar cinco minutos.