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From: wolit@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: KAL007
Message-ID: <1982@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 10:08:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: rabbit.1982
Posted: Tue Sep 27 10:08:11 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Sep-83 02:02:16 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Two points:  The Delco Carousel Inertial Navigation System used on the
KAL 747 makes no use of any radio signals from the ground.  It relies
on a system of internal gyroscopes and accelerometers to determine
its position (via double integration).  As such, it cannot be jammed.
I seriously doubt that US military flights would rely on Soviet
navigation aids when flying ferret missions near their borders.

Has anyone else heard the rumor that Richard Nixon was scheduled to be
aboard the flight, but had to cancel because of his wife's illness?

	Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ