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This FAA memorandum from Quentin J. Gates, Air Traffic Manager at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, is dated January 9, 1987. It certifies a transcript of radio and interphone communications about Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986, from 0214 to 0259 UTC. The crew reports unidentified traffic nearby. Military radar notes intermittent primary returns. United Airlines Flight 69 and a military C-130 are vectored to look, but neither sees any other aircraft near the 747.

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  • p. 2 …Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations Japan Airlines Flight 1628 JL1628 Anchorage ARTCC Combined Sector R/Dl5 R…
  • p. 3 …Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight ah do…
  • p. 4 …twenty eight heavy affi"rmative Thank you Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight flight .level…
  • p. 5 …Dl5· JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/D15 Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight ah do…
  • p. 12 …Okay thank you S-R Unintelligible Ah Anchorage Center Japan Air one six two eight request…
  • p. 14 …ah disappeared Japan Air sixteen twenty eight Anchorage Center Ya this is one dash two again…
  • p. 15 …JL1628 Rl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight Anchorage request Go ahead Roger sir would you like…
  • p. 16 …09 Rl5 Anchorage Center you have Totem seven one up here ah we might be able…
  • p. 17 …S-R R-F Ah we have - Anchorage Center Japan Air one six two eight ah…
  • p. 19 …say again the traffic (unintelligible) Aircraft calling Anchorage Center w1 th traffic say again United sixty…
  • p. 22 …for your help Totem seven one contact Anchorage Center one one eight point two If you…
  • p. 24 …be direct Elmendorf your discretion Roger sir Anchorage Center Japan Air one six two eight leaving…
  • p. 25 …Airway route Internal Navigation System (Anchorage) Air Route Traffic Control Center (Enroute traffic) PVD Plan View…
Subject:
From :
To:
MemorandumU.S.Department
of Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration
INFORMATION: Transcription concerning the
incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628
on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218 UTC.
Date :
Quentin J. Gates
Air Traffic Manager,
ANC ARTCC
Reply to
Attn . of :
Anchorage ARTCC
5400 Davis Hwy.
Anchorage, Alaska
January 9, 1987
This transcription covers the time period from November 18, 1986, 0214 UTC to
November 18, 1986, 0259 UTC.
Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 JL1628
Anchorage ARTCC Combined Sector R/Dl5 R/Dl5
Anchorage ARTCC Sector Dl5 Dl5
Anchorage ARTCC Sector Rl5 Rl5
Regional Operations Command Center ROCC
United Airlines Flight 69 UA69
TOTEM71 TOTEM
Fairbanks Approach Control APCH
I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded
conversations pertaining to the subject incide t:
Specialist

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