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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. 3 …negative Ah Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger and ah we insight ah two traffic ah…
  • p. 4 …zero Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger and do you have clouds apove you or…
  • p. 5 …negative Ah Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger and ah we insight ah two traffic ah…
  • p. 6 …unintelligible) Japan Air sixteen tYenty eight heavy roger sir I'm picking up a ah hit…
  • p. 9 …four zero Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger fly heading two four zero - - - Japan Air sixteen…
  • p. 11 …heavy deviations approved as necessary for traffic roger Japan Air sixteen twenty eight say altitude of…
  • p. 14 …yes Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger at your discretion proceed direct Talkeetna Jay one…
  • p. 15 …the traffic for you Roger Japan Air six teen twenty eight roger would you like us…
  • p. 16 …radar traffic above On~ two's on Roger where's that ah are you still painting…
  • p. 18 …ah ah can't see anything yet Roger sir he's ah way up to ah…
  • p. 19 …one zero Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger I'm gonna have a United aircraft get…
  • p. 20 …UA69 Rl5 UA69 UA69 Rl5 UA69 Ah roger thank you Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy…
  • p. 22 …and turn around Totem seven one ah roger sir if you'd like ah standby - Totem…
  • p. 24 …correction sir be direct Elmendorf your discretion Roger sir Anchorage Center Japan Air one six two…
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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