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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
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On 31 August 1983, a Korean Air Lines (KAL Boeing 747, designated KE 007, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States, on a one-stop scheduled flight for Kimpo International Airport, Seoul, Republic of Korea The en-route stop occurred at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, United States. At Anchorage. the aircraft was refuelled and serviced for the remainder of the flight to Secul and, in accordance with company practice, the flight and cabin crews were changed.
The flight departed at the planned time of departure which, in keeping with Korean Air Lines' procedure, was calculated for each KE 007 flight. The departure from Anchorage was flexible to ensure arrival in Seoul at the scheduled arrival time of 21:00 hours* (06:00 hours local time). The actual departure time of 13:00 hours on 31 August would have resulted in an on-time arrival of KE 007 in Seoul. had the flight been completed in accordance with its fight plan.
On departing Anchorage, the flight had 269 persons on board consisting of 240 passengers, 3 flight crew members, 20 cabin attendants, and 6 crew members of KAL being repositioned to Seoul.
Soon after departure from Anchorage. Ki: 007 deviated to the right (north) of its direct track to Bethel. This deviation resulted in a progressively greater lateral displacement to the right of its planned route which, ultimately, resulted in its penetration of adjacent high seas airspace in flight information regions (FIRS) operated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Repubues (USSR), as well as of sovereign USSR airspace overlying Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island and their surrounding territorial waters.
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*Unless stated otherwise, all dates and times in the repeat ete Comvidinated Universal Time (UTC)