Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!dee From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Newsgroups: net.aviation,net.followup Subject: Re: KAL 747 Airline saga Message-ID: <5739@cca.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Sep-83 13:06:07 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.5739 Posted: Tue Sep 20 13:06:07 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Sep-83 00:35:12 EDT References: ihlts.198 Lines: 8 I am beginning to think that the three inertial navagation systems inputs were ganged, they wer used to calculate the distance to Seoul, and the enter button was pushed rather than clear when Seoul's coordiantes were being displayed, thus the airliner made a bee line to Seoul. This assumes that the crew were ignoring almost all the standard double check procedures but people sometimes do that sort of thing. + Donald E. Eastlake, III ARPA: dee@CCA-UNIX usenet: {decvax,linus}!cca!dee