Changes

As First Officer Son's call to Tokyo concludes, Capt. Chun begins his gradual descent.  

As First Officer Son's call to Tokyo concludes, Capt. Chun begins his gradual descent.  

Though yawing has continued through to the end of the tape and, presumably, to the end of the flight, all the other major parameters indicate that KAL 007 exhibits a good measure of airworthiness and control.  The dive has been stopped and the jumbo jet is in a slight descent.  Pitch is in line with the angle of descent.  "Indicated Air Speed" (IAS, Plot 1, line 4) has returned almost exactly to what it was prior to missile detonation (310 knots), after rapid acceleration in dive, and rapid deceleration at the end of the eight-second pull-up, KAL 007 is now at steady, normal acceleration -- as it was prior to missile detonation -- and the autopilot, now in the command position off, is operating as it should with Capt. Chun in manual control.  But there is work to do at hand.  From the flight deck (the transcript does not identify the voices):

Though yawing has continued through to the end of the tape and, presumably, to the end of the flight, all the other major parameters indicate that KAL 007 exhibits a good measure of airworthiness and control.  The dive has been stopped and the jumbo jet is in a slight descent.  Pitch is in line with the angle of descent.  "Indicated Air Speed" (IAS, Plot 1, line 4) has returned almost exactly to what it was prior to missile detonation (310 knots), after rapid acceleration in dive, and rapid deceleration at the end of the eight-second pull-up, KAL 007 is now at steady, normal (zero) acceleration -- as it was prior to missile detonation -- and the autopilot, now in the command position off, is operating as it should with Capt. Chun in manual control.  But there is work to do at hand.  From the flight deck (the transcript does not identify the voices):

18:27:20:  Now... We have to set this

18:27:20:  Now... We have to set this