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This package was compiled by the FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office in Anchorage and sent to FAA managers with a memo from Paul Steucke dated March 5, 1987. It gathers material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628: a news release, pilot and controller transcripts, crew interviews and radar analysis. The FAA concluded that it could not confirm the event. It attributed the second radar target to a split, uncorrelated return from the JAL Boeing 747 and planned no further investigation.
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AAL-5, FAA February 4, 1987 SELEX:TED PORI'IONS OF TRANSCRIPI'IOO ~ THE INCIDENI' INVOLVING JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHr 1628 00 NOVEMBER 18, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 0218 Ul'C (Universal Time Coordinated - Novent>er 17, 1986 Alaska Standard Time, 6:18 p.m.) 0219: 15 JL1628 0219 :32 R/Dl5 0219 :36 JL1628 0221:19 R/Dl5 0221 :35 JL1628 0221 : 48 R/ Dl5 0221 : 56 JL1628 0223:37 R/Dl5 0225 : 02 R/D15 0225:12 JL1628 0225 : 43 ROCC Anch::lrage Center, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; ah cb you have any traffic, ah seven o'clock al:XJve? Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; negative. Ah, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; I'Dg'er and, ah we insight- ah-~ traffic-ah, in front of us one mile, about. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; Sir if your able to identify the type of aircraft, ah-and see if you can tell whether its military or civilian. Ah, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; we carux>t identify ah, the type, ah but, ah we can see, ah navigation lights and ah, strobe lights. RClg'er sir, say the color of the strobe and beacon lights? The color is ah, - white and yellow, I think. Ya, could you (ROC:C) look ah, approximately forty miles south of Fort Yukon, there should be a code up there of one five- five-zero. Can you tell me you see a primary target atxJut his position? Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; I'Dg'er. Sir, I 'm picking up a-ah, hit on the radar approximately five miles in trail of your six o'clock position, cb you concur? Ah negative, ah eleven o'clock, ah eight miles, · ah same level over. Okay, I've got your squawk. It looks like I am getting sane surge, primary return, ah I don't kncM if it's erroneous or whatever but •.• JL1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 Rl.5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Dl5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ROCC = (Military) Regicnal Operaticns carmand Center ---
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