“Anchorage”38 pages
- p. 3 …Statements of air traffic controllers at Anchorage Center.
11. Investigator statement, Form 1600-32, Jarr.e…
- p. 4 …Box 14
Anchorage. Alaska 995 13
(907) 271-5296
CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE
FM RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON…
- p. 5 …5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
Dl5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic…
- p. 7 …Ah-Anchorage Center; Japan Air one six tw::> eight, request
direct ah-Talkeetna.
Japan Air sixteen…
- p. 8 …At your
' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna, Jay one -0..0 five
Anchorage. (J125 = air route)
0240…
- p. 16 Paul Steucke
FAA, Public Affairs Officer
Alaskan Region
701 C Street, Box 14
Anchorage, Alaska 995…
- p. 17 …JAL
Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview
was conducted for the purpose…
- p. 19 …minutes before you
called •
Before I contact Anchorage Center
Ah ah, okay
Okay fourth question, what…
- p. 34 …Terauchi This point, so we contact Anchorage Center here, so ah two or
three minutes, proceed…
- p. 36 •
JA~ } A I R LINES
DISTRICT OFFICE OF OPERATIONS
ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
P 0 . BOX 190048…
- p. 38 …This special flight was to
import special French wine from Iceland to Anchorage for
approximately a…
- p. 40 ~poge s~
Anchorage Center when we reach above Pottat(sp?) where Alaska
Territorial Air begins. Pottat…
- p. 41 …The First Officer, Tameto(?), called the Anchorage
Center and asked to report to us if there…
- p. 44 …We did not report
this action to the Anchorage Center. Honestly, we were simply·
breathtaken. The…
- p. 45 …Again, we beaan communicating with the Anchorage Center. We eaid
that we could see a light…
- p. 47 …Alas! there was a silhouette of aj
"Anchorage :
. I
We must run away quickly!sisantic spaceship…
- p. 48 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft
which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
- p. 49 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft
which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
- p. 50 …150
miles (Approximately 276 kilometers) away from Anchorage. It
comprised approximately 60 minutes of flight time…
- p. 51 …Officer Takanori Tamefuji at the Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. The
interview was conducted for the purpose…
- p. 70 …the incident United Air •
Right
ah, from Anchorage.
Hum, huh
. . • And we can ... what's that…
- p. 71 …Beckner This was in the newspaper here in Anchorage, for example. And
this shows a similiar…
- p. 80 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 6, 1987
The following…
- p. 81 .·
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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
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The following is…
- p. 82 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1986
The following…
- p. 83 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 7, 1987
The following…
- p. 84 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1987
The following…
- p. 85 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1987
The following…
- p. 86 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 7, 1987
The following…
- p. 87 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1987
The following…
- p. 88 …They then preceded
to Anchorage.,..i);ld the lights were still visible until arourrl 40 miles…
- p. 94 …I NTERVIEWED/R EVI EWE D ON !_b\7~_} 7-1 ~986- - - __ , AT Anchorage, Alaska
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BY…
- p. 100 …The flight crew was
i nterviewed by FAA inspectors when they landed at Anchorage. The FAA…
- p. 101 …which was conducted
when they landed at Anchorage, that the aircraft flight path was north of…
- p. 103 …Box 14
Anchorage . Alaska 995 13
(907) 27, ·5296
LIST OF RECORDS AVAILABLE
ORDER FORM
for…
- p. 104 …manager -of flight standards district
office in Anchorage. (19 pages)
Written Statement and Drawing by Captain…
- p. 105 …1 page (map)
Personnel statements. (Statements by seven
air traffic control specialists at Anchorage
Center.) (8…
- p. 107 …PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AAL-5
701 C STREET, BOX 14
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99513
•
Paul Steucke
FAA Public Affairs
701 C Street, Box 14
Anch. AK 99513 ~·1 arch 5 , 1987
UNCORRELATED RADAR SIGNALS
Radar data received by the FAA and used to track Japan Airlines flight 1628
on the night of the November 17, 1986, was retained by FAA. Review of this
radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research
technical center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, revealed that the radar system
was receiving what is called an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target".
This electronic phenomena is not unusual according to Steucke who said, "It
is unfortunate that the uncorrelated target phenomena occurred just when a
pilot was reporting seeing something outside his aircraft.
The controller's statements, released by the FAA, indicate that they thought
there might be another aircraft or object in the area of the JAL flight.
Steucke said, "The controllers were doing their job right because they have to
work with what is right there in front of them on the screen, especially when
you have a Captain that is reporting "other traffic" in his irmiediate area.
The .. radar data they had was one target, moving slowly across the radar screen.
They don't have the benefit of "monday morning quarterbacking" with multiple
radar images as was the case in regenerating the radar data." Review of the
radar data by FAA experts revealed the "uncorrelated target" phenomena.
FAA electronic technicians explained that an "uncorrelated primary and
beacon target" on the radar screen occurs when the radar energy that is sent up
toward the aircraft, (primary signal) returns to the radar receiver along with
the aircraft transponder (beacon) signal and the two do not match up as being
at the same exact location.
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