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This package was compiled by the FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office in Anchorage and sent to FAA managers with a memo from Paul Steucke dated March 5, 1987. It gathers material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628: a news release, pilot and controller transcripts, crew interviews and radar analysis. The FAA concluded that it could not confirm the event. It attributed the second radar target to a split, uncorrelated return from the JAL Boeing 747 and planned no further investigation.

  • p. 3 …Investi gation of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 Sighting of Unidentified Air Traffic on November 17…
  • p. 5 …but •.• JL1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 Rl.5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control…
  • p. 7 …sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six~ eight…
  • p. 82 …a report concerning the incident to Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on…
  • p. 107 …86 unidentified object sighting by Japan Air Lines flight 1628. (5 pages) PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN…
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P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji ••• so maybe he couldn't see at that time, but the Captain and
me (unintelligible) have ah, had traffic inside •••
P. Beckner Visually saw • • •
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) I saw there was two small aircraft.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji And two small aircraft(unintelligible)
P. Beckner niat's what you saw?
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji And ah, and ah, I ask Captain ah, we should ask ATC so ah, I Air
Traffic •••
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji ••• So as I thought, ah, very same similiar altitude and
Captain said, ah, hum, I don't remember exactly but ah, ah, he
said ~ah, but a little bit high or same level, but I though
little bit lower, you can know •••
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji ••• it is very difficult to (unintelligible) head-on
traffic •••
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuj1 • . • so ah . . .
P. Beckner It was actually at your twelve o'clock . . .
T. Tamefuji No
P. Beckner • . • then .
T. Tamefuji Slightly •
P. Beckner • • • or slightly • . •
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