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From: me142-af@newton.Berkeley.EDU (Richard A. Levin)
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Subject: Re: KAL 007 (again) - on ABC's Nightline
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Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 13:27:55 EDT
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I already said this on another net so I will make it quick...
The atlantic has an excellent article on the flight in the 
latest (sept?) issue. It is the cover article. the theory 
puts it down to bad data in the INS and miscommunication with
the crew. Most of the pts raised in Ed falks article are covered.
I won't go into listing the pts (I don't have the article handy,
and any of you can go to the library and read it) except for one:
The autopilot is controlled by the INS (in one operating mode) thus
it wouldn't have to malfunction.
 The theory was thought up by a pilot who
flew the route (R-20) many times and he tested it (on back up
INS) of his flights. Thus I put more faith in his comments about
b747 operation than the the author of shootdown (for instance many
pilots don't trust the ground radar and just turn it off if it
doesn't show what they expect.) Well this is too long already.