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→Timeline of Attack and Rescue Mission
17:49 - Capt. Solodkov: "Two pilots have just been sent up, command at the command post, we do not know what is happening just now, it's heading straight for our Island [Sakhalin], to Terpienie [Bay] somehow, this looks very suspicious to me, I don't think the enemy is stupid, can it be one of ours?"
17:49 - Capt. Solodkov: "Two pilots have just been sent up, command at the command post, we do not know what is happening just now, it's heading straight for our Island [Sakhalin], to Terpienie [Bay] somehow, this looks very suspicious to me, I don't think the enemy is stupid, can it be one of ours?"
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17:53 - First documented order for shootdown
17:53 - ''First documented order for shootdown''
General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base on Sakhalin to the command post of General Valeri Kamenski, Commander of Air Defense Forces for the Far East Military District : "...simply destroy [it] even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? Oh, well."
''General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base on Sakhalin to the command post of General Valeri Kamenski, Commander of Air Defense Forces for the Far East Military District :'' "...simply destroy [it] even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? Oh, well."
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17:54:26 - The Cockpit Voice Recorder records about the last half hour of an aircraft's flight continually playing over itself as the flight progresses. KAL 007's CVR tape (as well as the tape of the Flight Data Recorder) was stopped one minute and 44 seconds after missile detonation at 18:26:02, though the flight would continue for over 10 minutes more. Here is the beginning of the half hour taping of KAL 007's Flight Deck conversation:
17:54:26 - ''The Cockpit Voice Recorder records about the last half hour of an aircraft's flight continually playing over itself as the flight progresses. KAL 007's CVR tape (as well as the tape of the Flight Data Recorder) was stopped one minute and 44 seconds after missile detonation at 18:26:02, though the flight would continue for over 10 minutes more. Here is the beginning of the half hour taping of KAL 007's Flight Deck conversation:''
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17:54:26 - Flight Deck: "Have you had a long flight recently?"
17:54:26 - Flight Deck: "Have you had a long flight recently?"
17:54:30 - Flight Deck: "Sounds good, as far as I know Chief Pilot Park has a long flight occasionally, but Chief Pilot Lee has..."
17:54:30 - Flight Deck: "Sounds good, as far as I know Chief Pilot Park has a long flight occasionally, but Chief Pilot Lee has..."
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18:00 - Ground controllers are given orders on how to direct the jets to intercept the Korean airliner
18:00 - ''Ground controllers are given orders on how to direct the jets to intercept the Korean airliner''
Kozlov: "Wilco"
Kozlov: "Wilco"
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18:04-05 - KAL 007, off course, and KAL 015, on course, compare wind velocity and direction. KAL 015 is enountering tailwinds while KAL 007 is encountering headwinds
18:04-05 - ''KAL 007, off course, and KAL 015, on course, compare wind velocity and direction. KAL 015 is enountering tailwinds while KAL 007 is encountering headwinds''
KAL 015: "Um Um We are now having an unexpected strong tailwind How much do you get there? How much and which direction?"
KAL 015: "Um Um We are now having an unexpected strong tailwind How much do you get there? How much and which direction?"
"Comrade General, Kamenski, Good morning. I am reporting the situation. Target 60-65 is over Terpenie Bay [East Coast of Sakhalin] tracking 240, 30 kilometers from the State Border. The fighter from Sokol is 6 kilometers away. Locked on, orders were given to arm weapons. The target is not respondeing to identify. He cannot identify it visually because it is still dark, but he is still locked on."
"Comrade General, Kamenski, Good morning. I am reporting the situation. Target 60-65 is over Terpenie Bay [East Coast of Sakhalin] tracking 240, 30 kilometers from the State Border. The fighter from Sokol is 6 kilometers away. Locked on, orders were given to arm weapons. The target is not respondeing to identify. He cannot identify it visually because it is still dark, but he is still locked on."
Gen. Kamenski: "We must find out, maybe it is some civilian craft or God knows who."
Gen. Kamenski: "We must find out, maybe it is some civilian craft or God knows who."
Kornukov: "What civilian? [It] has flown over Kamchatka! It [came] from the ocean without identification. I am giving the order to attack if it crosses the State border."
Kornukov: "What civilian? [It] has flown over Kamchatka! It [came] from the ocean without identification. I am giving the order to attack if it crosses the State border."
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18:14:59 - KAL 007 contacted Tokyo air traffic control requesting permission to climb to Flight level 350 [35,000 ft.]
18:14:59 - ''KAL 007 contacted Tokyo air traffic control requesting permission to climb to Flight level 350 [35,000 ft.]''
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18:14:59 - KAL 007: "Tokyo Radio Korean Air zero zero seven"
18:14:59 - KAL 007: "Tokyo Radio Korean Air zero zero seven"
18:26:22 - Captain: "Altitude is going up. Altitude is going up. Speed brake is coming out." '' [Flight Data Recorder will show that speed brake had not deployed]''
18:26:22 - Captain: "Altitude is going up. Altitude is going up. Speed brake is coming out." '' [Flight Data Recorder will show that speed brake had not deployed]''
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18:26:22 - Major Osipovich mistakenly (as subsequent Russian real-time military telecommunications show) reports the Boeing is destroyed
18:26:22 -'' Major Osipovich mistakenly (as subsequent Russian real-time military telecommunications show) reports the Boeing is destroyed''
18:26:42 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
18:26:42 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
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18:26:43 - Cockpit: [Sound of the autopilot disconnect warning] ICAO graphing of Digital Flight Data Recorder tapes will show that autopilot has now been disengaged and manual control begun. KAL 007 now begins descent phase of arc.
18:26:43 - ''Cockpit: [Sound of the autopilot disconnect warning] ICAO graphing of Digital Flight Data Recorder tapes will show that autopilot has now been disengaged and manual control begun. KAL 007 now begins descent phase of arc.''
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18:26:45 - Co-Pilot: "Engines are normal sir."
18:26:45 - Co-Pilot: "Engines are normal sir."
18:27:15 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent."
18:27:15 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent."
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18:27:20 - ICAO graphing of Digital Flight Data Recorder tapes now show that after a descent phase and a 10 second "nose-up", KAL 007 is now leveled out at pre-missile detonation altitude of 35,000 ft., forward acceleration is now back to pre-missile detonation rate of zero acceleration, and air speed has returned to pre-detonation velocity. Yaw (occilations), begun at the time of missile detonation, continue decreasingly until the end of the minute 44 second porton of CVR tape
18:27:20 - ''ICAO graphing of Digital Flight Data Recorder tapes now show that after a descent phase and a 10 second "nose-up", KAL 007 is now leveled out at pre-missile detonation altitude of 35,000 ft., forward acceleration is now back to pre-missile detonation rate of zero acceleration, and air speed has returned to pre-detonation velocity. Yaw (occilations), begun at the time of missile detonation, continue decreasingly until the end of the minute 44 second porton of CVR tape''
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18:27:20 - Flight Engineer: "Now...we have to set this."
18:27:20 - Flight Engineer: "Now...we have to set this."
18:29:12 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: Korean Air zero zero seven Tokyo
18:29:12 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: Korean Air zero zero seven Tokyo
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18:29 - Gen. Kornukov: Well, I understand, I do not understand the result, why is the target flying? Missiles were fired. Why is the target flying? [obscenities] Well, what is happening?"
18:29 - Gen. Kornukov: Well, I understand, I do not understand the result, why is the target flying? Missiles were fired. Why is the target flying? [obscenities] Well, what is happening?
Well, I am asking, give the order to the Controller, what is wrong with you there? Have you lost your tongues?
Well, I am asking, give the order to the Controller, what is wrong with you there? Have you lost your tongues?
Gerasimenko: I gave the order to the Chief of Staff, the Chief of Staff to the Controller, and the Controller is giving he order to...
Gerasimenko: I gave the order to the Chief of Staff, the Chief of Staff to the Controller, and the Controller is giving he order to...
Kornukov (18:30): Well how long does it take for this infromation to get through, well, what, [you] cannot ask the results of firing the missiles, where, what, did [he] not understand or what?<ref>ICAO '93, Information Paper, 1., p. 133</ref>
Kornukov (18:30): Well how long does it take for this infromation to get through, well, what, [you] cannot ask the results of firing the missiles, where, what, did [he] not understand or what?
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18:29:13 - The Soviet pilots unsuccessfully tried to locate the wreckage of KAL 007
18:29:13 - The Soviet pilots unsuccessfully tried to locate the wreckage of KAL 007
18:33:05 - KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Tokyo this is Korean Air 015
18:33:05 - KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Tokyo this is Korean Air 015
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18:33/34 - KAL 007 was seen by Soviet radar at 5,000 meters at initial stage of spiral descent over Moneron Island.
18:33/34 - ''KAL 007 was seen by Soviet radar at 5,000 meters at initial stage of spiral descent over Moneron Island.''
Lt. Col. Gerasimenko: "Altitude of target is 5,000."
Lt. Col. Gerasimenko: "Altitude of target is 5,000."
18:38 - Titovnin: "Descending. And lost over Moneron"
18:38 - Titovnin: "Descending. And lost over Moneron"
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18:38 - KAL 007 disappeared from radar (approximately 12 minutes after the initial attack). Soviet radar personnel stationed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure on the Siberian maritime reported KAL 007 disappearing from radar screen at 1000 ft altitude due to radar inability to track below that altitude.
18:38 - ''KAL 007 disappeared from radar (approximately 12 minutes after the initial attack). Soviet radar personnel stationed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure on the Siberian maritime reported KAL 007 disappearing from radar screen at 1000 ft altitude due to radar inability to track below that altitude.''
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18:38:37 - The first Soviet pilot reiterates: "I don't see anything in this area. I just looked."
18:38:37 - The first Soviet pilot reiterates: "I don't see anything in this area. I just looked."
18:45 - Unidentified speakers: "Say again", "I cannot hear you clearly now", "He gave the order, hello, hello, hello", "Yes, yes", "Ivan Moiseevich gave the order. Tretyak", "Roger, roger", "Weapons were used at his orders." [General Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak, Commander of the Far East Military District]
18:45 - Unidentified speakers: "Say again", "I cannot hear you clearly now", "He gave the order, hello, hello, hello", "Yes, yes", "Ivan Moiseevich gave the order. Tretyak", "Roger, roger", "Weapons were used at his orders." [General Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak, Commander of the Far East Military District]
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18:47 - On order of Lt. Col. Novoseletski, Acting Commander of 41st Fighter wing at Smirnykh Air Base, KGB Border Guard boats ordered and rescue helicopters dispatched from Khomutovo military/civilian air base in southern Sakhalin.
18:47 -'' On order of Lt. Col. Novoseletski, Acting Commander of 41st Fighter wing at Smirnykh Air Base, KGB Border Guard boats ordered and rescue helicopters dispatched from Khomutovo military/civilian air base in southern Sakhalin''.
Novoseletski: "Prepare whatever helicpters there are. Rescue helicopters."
Novoseletski: "Prepare whatever helicpters there are. Rescue helicopters."
Titovnin: "Understood, Comrade General."<ref>ICAO '93, Information Paper 1., pp. 95-96</ref>
Titovnin: "Understood, Comrade General."<ref>ICAO '93, Information Paper 1., pp. 95-96</ref>
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18:56 - Japanese Search and Rescue ordered begun''
18:56 - ''Japanese Search and Rescue ordered begun''
"At 18:56 hours, thirty minutes after KE 007's estimated time over NOKKA and after repeated attempts to re-establish communication had failed, Tokyo ACC [Air Control Center] notified several ATS [Air Traffic Service] units and military units via direct-speech links, of its inability to establish radio contact with KE 007, and requested them to conduct a communication search." (ICAO '93, sect. 1.11.1, pg. 16)
"At 18:56 hours, thirty minutes after KE 007's estimated time over NOKKA and after repeated attempts to re-establish communication had failed, Tokyo ACC [Air Control Center] notified several ATS [Air Traffic Service] units and military units via direct-speech links, of its inability to establish radio contact with KE 007, and requested them to conduct a communication search." (ICAO '93, sect. 1.11.1, pg. 16)