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3.6 Seoul,
3.7
The actual time of departure of KE 007 would have resulted in an on-time arrival in
KE 007 turned to a magnetic heading of about 245° which it reached three minutes after lift-off and then maintained until the attack.
3.8
Bethel VORTAC.
3.9
KE 007 passed approximately 6 NM north of Cairn Mountain NDB and 12 NM north of
The maintenance of a constant magnetic heading and the resulting track deviation was due to the crew's failure to note that the autopilot had either been left in heading mode or had been switched to INS when the aircraft was beyond the range (7.5 NM) for the INS to capture the desired track.
The maintenance of a constant magnetic heading was not due to any aircraft system
3.10 malfunction.
3.11
3.12
selection.
3.13
The autopilot was not controlled by an INS.
Manual control of the autopilot was not exercised by the crew by the use of heading
The flight crew's failure to detect that the navigation systems had not been selected correctly to maintain the desired track may have been contributed to by inadequate displays of the operative modes selected.
3.14
The flight crew did not implement the proper navigation procedures to ensure the aircraft remained on its assigned track throughout the flight.
3.15
The failure to detect the aircraft's deviation from its assigned track for over five hours indicated a lack of situational awareness and flight deck co-ordination on the part of the crew.
Korean Air Lines training procedures on the use of INS were adequate.
3.16
3.17 procedures.
The flight crew had the necessary training and experience in long-range navigation
3.18
The deviation from its assigned track resulted in KE 007 penetrating USSR sovereign airspace over Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island and the surrounding territorial waters.
3.19
According to the representatives of the United States, the military radar installations in Alaska were not aware in real time that the aircraft was proceeding west with an increasing northerly deviation from the recognized airways system.
3.20
KE 007 proceeded westbound out of the Alaskan ADIZ, through the Alaskan DEWIZ and the Alaskan Air Command buffer zone well north of R20. According to the representatives of the United States, no radar observations were made of a westbound aircraft north of R20 and crossing the Alaskan identification zones.
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