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'7;,~·; -. ..,.·.: .,._ .... _;,.~~---,. .·.- · . : · ... : ~- . ·._ :;~~{\ .· .......... ___ -!;1'. ---I.~~~:. .. ;:;.,··:; ; ~ ':'·.·- -. ·, - -,. ..... ;. - ~ ...... _ -..;: ~ .. -:;:·,·-::;%~'*- AAL-5, FAA Feb:ruary 4, 1987 SEJ:..EX:TED PORTIOOS OF 'I'RANSCRIPl'IOO CXN::ERN1NG 'IHE .INCIDENT .rnvoLVING JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHI' 1628 00 NOVEMBER 18, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 0218 lJl'C (Universal Time c.oardinated -Novarber 17, 1986 0219:15 JL1628 0219:32 R/Dl5 0219:36 JL1628 0221:19 R/D15 0221:35 JL1628 0221:48 R/Dl5 0221:56 JL1628 0223:37 R/D15 0225:02 R/D15 0225:12 JL1628 0225:43 ROCC Alaska Standard Time, 6:18 p.m.) Anclx:>rage Center, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; ah do you have any traffic, ah seven o'clock above? Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; negative. Ah, Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger and, ah we insight- ah-tvx:> 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 cannot identify ah, the type, ah but, ah we can see, ah navigation lights and ah, strobe lights. Roger sir, say the color of the strobe and beacon lights? The color is ah, -white and yellCM, I think. Ya, could you (RCX::X::) 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 about his position? Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; roger. Sir, I'm picking up a-ah, hit on the radar approximately five miles in trail of your six o'clock position, do you concur? Ah negative, ah eleven o'clock, ah eight miles, ah same level aver. Okay, I've got your squawk. It looks like I am getting sane surge, primary return, ah I don't kncJw if it's erroneous or whatever but .•. .n..1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 R15 = Controller position, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center D15 = Controller positian, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ROCC = (Military) Regianal Operations C.arrnand Center page two -flight 1628 0225: 50 R/Dl5 0225:57 Rcx:x: 0226:03 R/D15 0226:18 RCXX::: 0226:25 R/D15 0227:53 RCXX::: 0230:56 JL1628 0231:48 R15 0231:58 FBKS 0232:04 R15 0232:05 FBKS 0232:07 JL1628 0232:20 JL1628 0232:25 R15 0232:41 R15 0232:45 JL1628 0232:58 R15 0233:00 JL1628 Nes;iative, uhuh, it's not erruneous. I want you (ROCC) to keep a good track on there, and if you pick up a c:xxle, and verify that you do not have any aircraft operating in that area military. That is affirm. We do not have anybody up there right row, ah. can you give me the position of the primary your receiving? Okay, I'm not. I'm ah, picking up a primary -approximately five zero miles, south, right up there -right in front of the ah, one five five zero c:xxle. Okay, I've got him about his-ah, oh-it looks like about, ah- ten o'clock, at about that range, yes. Alright keep an eye on that, and ah-see if-ah, any other military (unintelligible) in that area. It is an unknc:Mn, okay, we've lost oontact with it rY:M. It's ah, I think ah, very quite big ah, plane. Are you (Fairbanks FAA tc:Mer) pickin up a primary target right with that aircraft? Ah, no. It's (the JL1628) the only target I see there. If you see a primary with it, keep your eye on it. And he should be at three five oh(zero)also. Alright, very good, we' re watching. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight, ah request descent. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight, request three one zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand, requesting flight level three one zero. Japan Air sixteen one er correction sixteen twenty eight heavy, descend at pilot discretion-maintain flight level three one zero. Leaving three five zero to three one zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, do you still have your traffic? Stl . 11 ah rv-m; nrr ah, ah, right formation, in ah formation. , , ~·~~ page 3 -flight 1628 0234:52 R15 0234:56 JL1628 0235:02 R15 0235:24 D15 0235:27 FBKS 0235:30 D15 0235:39 D15 0235:44 FBKS 0236:12 JL1628 0236:18 R15 0236:24 JL1628 0236:37 R15 0236:47 JL1628 0237:23 RCX:X:: 0237:25 D15 0237:29 D15 0237:30 RCX:X:: 0237:32 Dl5 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 necessaxy for traffic. Approach center (Fairbanks FAA to.ver) 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 n:Jrth of Fairbanks V-0-R squawking one five five zero. Do you have any traffic with him? He sees traffic, he was deviating. Ah -ya, n:J we don't. I don't see anything there aside fran his, ah-his target. 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 p:>sition of your traffic? Ah, same p:>, same p:>sition. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, ah-sir I'm gonna request you to make a right turn, 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, n:J, we have cxmf irmed, we have n:J military aircraft working up there. Okay thank you very much. You have n:J traffic at all? That's oorrect, does he (JAL-1628) still have sanebody visual? He says he does. FBKS = Fairbanks Airport FAA Approach Cc:ntrol ( 'IOOer) page 4 -flight 1628 0237:55 Rl5 0238:00 JL1628 0239:01 Rl5 0239:04 JL1628 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Sir, does your traffic appear to be staying with you? (unintelligible) just looking. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight. Say again? It ah-disappeared. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight. 0239: 58 Rro::: Ya, this is one dash two again. On sane other equipnent here we have confirmed 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 follo.ving him? 0240:07 Rro::: It looks like he is, yes. 0240:10 Rl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; roger. At your ' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna, Jay one two five Anchorage. (Jl25 = air route) 0240:23 Rl5 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 Dl5 Okay do you have anybody you can scramble up there? 0240:30 Rro::: 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 intennittent primary target behind you in-trail, in-trail I say again. 0240:51 Rro::: Ah-I'm gonna talk to my other radar man here -has gotta, he's got sane other equip:nent watching this aircraft. 0240:54 Dl5 Okay. 0240: 13 R15 Roger sir. Would you (JAL 1628) like our military to scramble an the traffic? 0240:17 JL1628 Negative, negative. 0242:04 JL1628 0242:09 Rl5 Anchorage Center. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight. Conf inn direct to Talkeetna, three one zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy; affirmative. Direct Talkeetna and descend at pilot's discretion, maintain flight level ~ five zero. page 5 -flight 1628 0242:24 ROCX: 0242:29 Dl5 0244:13 Rl5 0244:17 JL1628 0244:39 R15 0244:41 UA69 0244:43 Rl5 0245:04 UA69 0245:49 Rl5 0246:06 UA69 0246:59 R15 0247:06 JL1628 0247:09 R15 0248:31 R15 0248:34 JL1628 0248:52 Rl5 It looks like he, he-ah-offset left, and then possibly fell back in-trail. HCMever, I can't see him rr:M, I can't pick him out. Okay thank you very much S-R. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Do you still have the traffic? Ah-affirmative. Ah-nine o'clock, ah, ah. United sixty nine, Anchorage request. Ah, go ahead, United sixty nine heavy. United sixty nine heavy. Sir, I 've got a Japan Air seven forty seven presently in your eleven o'clock position and one hundred and one, correction, one, one, zero miles, and he has traffic (unintelligible) I'll keep you advised, ah-when you're closer to him I want you to see if you see anything with him. Okay fine, ah-we'll look for ya. United sixty nine heavy. In your eleven o'clock position, one, zero, zero miles, southlx>und, is a Japan Air, seven forty seven. He is at flight level three one zero. Says he has traffic at his nine o'clock position same altitude. We'll be looking, that's ah-ah, can't see anything yet. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger. I 'm gonna have a United aircraft get close to you and take a look, ah-to see if he can identify your traffic. Thank you. United sixty nine heavy, turn ten degrees left, radar vectors, ah-to see traffic. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Say the position of your traffic. Ah-rDN, ah-ah-rroving to ah-around ten mile, rr:M-ah-ah- position-ah-seven, ah-eight o'clock, ten mile. Japan Air sixteen seventy eight heavy; roger. UA69 = United Airlines flight #69 page 6 -flight 1628 0249:52 R15 0250:00 UA69 0250:05 UA69 0250:07 R15 0250:14 UA69 0250:46 R15 0250:52 JL1628 0251:32 UA69 0251:49 Rl5 0252:31 'IDTEM 0252:36 Rl5 0253:10 Rl5 0253:13 JL1628 0253:27 Rl5 0253:31 JL1628 0254:04 'roI'EM United sixty nine heavy; roger. The Japan Air says the traffic is in his seven to eight o'clock position and one zero miles in-trail. Okay, we're lookin. Why Cbn't you get us a little closer? United sixty nine heavy; roger. Another additional ten degrees left. Roger, United sixty nine. United sixty nine, that's what he says. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, say the :position of your traffic rt::M. Ah-IXM distinguishing but, ah-ah-your I guess, ah-twelve o'clock below-ah-you, over. Ah, Center fran United ah sixty nine. Ah-the-ah-Japan Airliner is silhouetted against a-ah-light sky. I don't see anybody around him at all. I can see his <X>ntrail but I sure don't see any other airplanes. Do you see him? United sixty nine heavy, ah-negative sir. We got just a very few primary hits on the ah-target and then ah-we really haven't got a good track on him ever. If you want we've got extra gas we could bop up another five or six thousand feet and turn around. 'Ibtem (military Cl30 flight) seven one, ah roger sir. If you'd like ah-standby, ----'Ibtem seven one, turn ah-right, heading ~ five, <X>rrection turn right, heading ~ seven zero, radar vectors to intercept. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, descend at pilot discretion, maintain flight level two five zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight, ah-pilot's discretion, maintain ah-ah-two five zero, so-ah-ah-I cann::>t, I <X>uldn't see ah-U-F-0, over. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Understand you do not see the traffic any longer. Affinnative. Okay sir, we're searching this time, we think we have him. TOTEM = Military C130 aircraft page 7 -flight 1628 0254:09 R15 0255:25 'TOTEM 0255:35 R15 0255:38 'TOTEM 0323: Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, flash your landing lights please. Ah, yes sir, we've got him .insight. 'Ibtern seven one, Cb you see any traffic in his vicinity? Not flashing any lights at this time sir. JL1628 landed at Anchorage International Airport (approximate) UTC NORAD FSD0-63 PO TAT J529 INS ARTCC Universal Time Coordinated. (Used to be Greenwich Time, Zulu) North American Defense Air Command FAA Flight Standards District Office, Anchorage/S.C. Area Intersection location name on airway map. (Northwest of . Fort Yukon. Airway route Internal Navigation System (Anchorage) Air Route Traffic Control Center (Enroute traffic) PVD Plan View Display (Radar Screen) ROCC Regional Operations Connnand Center (Military, AF) 350 35,000 feet elevation ·.·\ : .