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This FAA compilation, released through The Black Vault, covers an incident on January 29, 1987 involving Alaska Airlines Flight 53. The Boeing 737 was flying from Nome to Anchorage when its crew saw a fast-moving target on their weather radar about 60 miles west of McGrath, Alaska. The file includes an incident record, a certified controller transcript, the FAA's crew interview statement and a news release. Anchorage Center's radar data showed no such aircraft, and the USAF reported no military traffic in the area.
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Subject: INFORMATION: Transcription concerning the incident involving Alaska Airlines 53 on January 30, 1987 Date: FEB 9 1987 From: Bobby J. Lamkin Air Traffic Service Evaluator Alaskan Region Reply to Attn of To: This transcription covers the time period from January 30, 1987, 0336 UTC to January 30, 1987, 0349 UTC. Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviation Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ZAN Alaska Airlines Flight 53 AS53 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft incident. (0336) ATS Evaluator Title (0337) (0338) 0339:29 AS53 Center fifty-three
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