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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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“at night”7 pages

  • p. 12 …Review of this radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research…
  • p. 17 …Airways Facilities, interviewed JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted…
  • p. 52 …so I couldn't see, but ah at first ah, humm, (unintelligibl•) what can I write…
  • p. 53 …see at that time. P. Beckner Okay, ah was there, was there clear night? T. Tamefuji…
  • p. 58 …Tamefuji But almost dark I must say night • P. Beckner Okay, you could see the stars…
  • p. 76 …We had night illumination at above sideways. I was using a spot light while calculating the…
  • p. 100 …The aircraft was flying at 35 ,000 feet altitude at night, and the weather was clear…
page 4 - flight 1628
0237:55 R15
0238:00 JL1628
0239:01 R15
0239:04 JL1628
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Sir, does your traffic
appear to be staying with you?
(unintelligible) just la)].{:i.ng.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight. Say again?
It ah-disappeared. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight.
0239:58 RCCC Ya, this is one dash two again. On sane other equipnent here
we have canfinned there is a flight size of two around your
one five five zero. Squawk one primary return only.
0240:05 Dl5 Okay, where is is he follc::iwin3' him?
0240:07 RCCC It looks like he is, yes.
0240:10 R15 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; roger. At your
' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna, Jay one -0..0 five
Anchorage. (J125 = air route)
0240:23 R15 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger. Sir, the military
radar advises they do have a primary target in trail of you
at this time.
0240:24 015 Okay do you have ·anybody you can scramble up there?
. 0240:30 RCXX I'll tell you what, we're gonna talk to your liasion sir
about that.
0240:35 R15 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Military radar advises
they are picking up intermittent primary target behind you
in-trail, in-trail I say again.
0240:51 RCCC Ah-I'm gonna talk to my other radar man here - has gotta,
he's got sane other equipnent watching this aircraft.
0240: 54 Dl5 Okay.
0240:13 R15 Rog'er sir. Would you (JAf... 1628) like our military to
scramble on the traffic?
0240:17 JL1628 Negative, negative.
0242 : 04 JL1628
0242 : 09 R15
Anchorage Center. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight. Confinn
direct to Talkeetna, three one zero.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; affirmative. Direct
Talkeetna and descend. at pilot's discretion, maintain flight
level tt..o five zero.

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