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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: realnewsrealfunny
KAL007 was never diverted. They're not under controller direction once they're outside radar range. They move from waypoint to waypoint and inform air traffic control when they're at different waypoints. KAL007 was showing signs of being off course before they ever left Alaskan airspace, indicative of a bad INS alignment.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: realnewsrealfunny
Over. They were above the closed airspace, as were all the other planes that were flying in that area that day.
They thought that the Korean pilots of 007 had probably accidentally programmed a 10% error into their computers before they left Anchorage and that despite the checks that were made before flight, it was perfectly possible for the same mistake being repeated three times during the three checks that a pilot goes through before take off. It was clear that this scenario was most likely if one looked at the track of the plane from Anchorage until it went down. The plane was continually 10% off in its flight path before and after it left the Alaska Air Defense Zone and that mistake was never corrected….
originally posted by: realnewsrealfunny
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: realnewsrealfunny
Over. They were above the closed airspace, as were all the other planes that were flying in that area that day.
Sure (over into same thing)
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