Radar Report
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733667-001-011-0006
National Archives and Records Administration
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This document details communication between Japan Air Flight 1628 and the Fairbanks FAA tower regarding unidentified traffic during the flight's approach near Fairbanks, Alaska. The flight crew reported visual contact with an unidentified object, while the FAA confirmed no military aircraft in the vicinity.
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| Location | Context | Confidence | Supporting text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks Airport | Airport Location | Unresolved | …urn, three sixty. Okay. We have, no, we have confirmed, we have no military aircraft working up there. Okay thank you very much. You have no traffic at all? Th |
| Fairbanks at this time | Sighting Location | Unresolved | …6: 24 0236237 0236: 47 02373223 0237225 0237: 29 Q237 : 30 0237 332 R15 JL1628 R15 D15 FBKS D15 D15 FBKS JL1628 R15 JL1628 RED JL1628 ROCC D15 D15 ROCC D15 Jap |
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1,633 characters, transcribed via OCR. Errors reflect the source scan. Compare with the original ↗
page 3 - flight 1628
0234:52
0234:56
0235:02
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0235:30
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0236:12
0236:18
0236: 24
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0236: 47
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0237: 29
Q237 : 30
0237 332
R15
JL1628
R15
D15
FBKS
D15
D15
FBKS
JL1628
R15
JL1628
RED
JL1628
ROCC
D15
D15
ROCC
D15
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand your traffic
is over Fairbanks at this time.
Affirmative - - ah request heading two one zero.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, roger. Deviations
approved as necessary for traffic.
Approach center (Fairbanks FAA tower) on the Sixty one line.
Approach.
Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six two eight,
ah-he's deviating. He's about ah-five miles north of
Fairbanks V-O-R squawking one five five zero.
Do you have any traffic with him?
deviating.
He sees traffic, he was
Ah - ya, no we don't.
his, ah-his target.
I don't see anything there aside from
Ah-Anchorage Center; Japan Air one six two eight, request
direct ah-Talkeetna.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, cleared direct
Talkeetna, and in-ah-advise me of your position of your
traffic? |
Ah, same po, same position.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, ah-sir I'm gonna
request you to make a right tum, three six zero degrees,
three hundred and sixty degree turn, and advise me what your
traffic does then.
Right turn, three sixty.
Okay. We have, no, we have confirmed, we have no military
aircraft working up there.
Okay thank you very much.
You have no traffic at all?
That's correct, does. he (JAL-1628) still have somebody
visual?
He says he does.
FBKS = Fairbanks Airport FAA Approach Control (Tower)