TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
1. FACTUAL INFORMATION
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1.6
1.7
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1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
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2. ANALYSIS
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History of the flight
Eyewitness statement
Injuries to persons Damage to aircraft
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Personnel information
Aircraft information .
Meteorological information Aids to navigation
Communications
Air traffic services.
Search and rescue
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Wreckage and impact information Korean Air Lines flight operations Flight recorders
Communications recordings
Additional information
Operational flight plan
Deferred defect
Clearance, taxi and departure
Navigation to Bethel VORTAC Constant magnetic heading Anchorage radar record
Navigation requirements
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KE 007 in Alaskan ADIZ and DEWIZ
Use of the onboard weather radar for ground mapping Possibility of INS malfunction
Consideration of the magnetic heading record
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2.5
2.6
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2.10
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2.12
Position reporting
2.13
RC-135 northeast of Kamchatka
2.14
KE 007 over Kamchatka
2.15
2.16
2.17
The possibility of instrument failure
2.18
The inertial navigation system
2.19
KE 007 over Sakhalin and activities at the Soviet command centres
The attack phase based on the CVR and the DFDR
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Comparison of winds reported by KE 007 and KE 015
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KE 007 crew activities
2.21
Computer simulation
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3. CONCLUSIONS
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