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This FAA document, labeled AAL-5 and dated February 4, 1987, gives selected portions of the air traffic control transcripts for Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986 (UTC). It records the crew reporting unidentified traffic with navigation and strobe lights near Fort Yukon and Fairbanks. Anchorage Center, Fairbanks approach and military ROCC radar discuss intermittent primary returns. A United flight and a military C-130 are brought in to look, and neither sees any other aircraft.

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  • p. 3 …Ah, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger and, ah we insight- ah-tvx:> traffic-ah, in…
  • p. 5 …Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, roger. Deviations approved as necessaxy for traffic. Approach center (Fairbanks…
  • p. 6 …0240:10 Rl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; roger. At your ' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna…
  • p. 7 …Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger. I 'm gonna have a United aircraft get close to…
  • p. 8 …Why Cbn't you get us a little closer? United sixty nine heavy; roger. Another additional…
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