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→Timeline of Attack and Rescue Mission
==Timeline of Attack and Rescue Mission==
==Timeline of Attack and Rescue Mission==
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span> = Soviet ground commanders and air combat controllers, <span style="background:#00CED1">****</span> = Sukhoi-15 and MiG 23 interceptors, <span style="background:#FFD700">****</span> = KAL 007 and KAL 015, <span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span> = Tokyo Radio
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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''
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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."
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?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>17:54:26 - Flight Deck: "Have you had a long flight recently?"
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17:54:28 - Flight Deck: "From time to time"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>17:54:28 - Flight Deck: "From time to time"
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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..."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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''
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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''
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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?"
KAL 007: "Well, it may be like this."
KAL 007: "Well, it may be like this."
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18:05:53 - Maj. Osipovich, callsign "805", in his Su-15 intercepted KAL 007:
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:05:53 - Maj. Osipovich, callsign "805", in his Su-15 intercepted KAL 007:
"On heading 240"
"On heading 240"
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18:05:56 - Osipovich: "Am observing."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:05:56 - Osipovich: "Am observing."
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18:08 - Kozlov (Combat Controller Sokol Airbase): "He has the target in sight"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:08 - Kozlov (Combat Controller Sokol Airbase): "He has the target in sight"
Kornukov: How many jet trails are there, if there are four jet trails, then it's a Boeing RC-135"
Kornukov: How many jet trails are there, if there are four jet trails, then it's a Boeing RC-135"
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18:11:30-39 - KAL 007 Flight Crew: "I have heard that there is currency exchange at your airport." "In the airport currency exchange? What kind of money?" "Dollar to Korean money." "That's in the domestic building too, domestic building too."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:11:30-39 - KAL 007 Flight Crew: "I have heard that there is currency exchange at your airport." "In the airport currency exchange? What kind of money?" "Dollar to Korean money." "That's in the domestic building too, domestic building too."
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18:11 - Air Controller Titovnin: "Can you see the target, 805?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:11 - Air Controller Titovnin: "Can you see the target, 805?"
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18:11 - Osipovich: "I see both visually and on the screen".
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:11 - Osipovich: "I see both visually and on the screen".
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18:11 - Lt. Col. Titovnin: "Roger, report missile lock-on|lock-on".
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:11 - Lt. Col. Titovnin: "Roger, report missile lock-on|lock-on".
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18:12 - Kornukov: "Gerasimenko!"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:12 - Kornukov: "Gerasimenko!"
Kornukov: "Well, what, don't you understand? I said bring [him] up to a range of 4 kilometers, 4-5 kilometers, identify the target. You understand that weapons are going to have to be used now and you are holding [him] at a range of 10. Give the pilot [his] orders."
Kornukov: "Well, what, don't you understand? I said bring [him] up to a range of 4 kilometers, 4-5 kilometers, identify the target. You understand that weapons are going to have to be used now and you are holding [him] at a range of 10. Give the pilot [his] orders."
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18:13:05 - Osipovich: "I see it. I am locked onto the target."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:13:05 - Osipovich: "I see it. I am locked onto the target."
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18:13:06 - General Kornukov: "Chaika" (Call sign for Far East Military District Air Defence Forces).
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:13:06 - General Kornukov: "Chaika" (Call sign for Far East Military District Air Defence Forces).
Titovnin: "Yes, sir. He sees [it] on the radar screen, He sees [it] on the screen, He has locked on, he is locked on, he is locked on."
Titovnin: "Yes, sir. He sees [it] on the radar screen, He sees [it] on the screen, He has locked on, he is locked on, he is locked on."
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18:13:26 - Osipovich: "The target isn't responding to the call."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:13:26 - Osipovich: "The target isn't responding to the call."
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18:13 - Titovnin: 805, Is the target's heading 240?
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:13 - Titovnin: 805, Is the target's heading 240?
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18:13:35 - Osipovich: "Affirmative. The target's heading is 240 degrees."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:13:35 - Osipovich: "Affirmative. The target's heading is 240 degrees."
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18:13 - Titovnin: Roger, arm your weapons
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:13 - Titovnin: Roger, arm your weapons
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18:13 - Osipovich: Turned on
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:13 - Osipovich: Turned on
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18:14 - Gen Kornukov to Gen. Kamenski:
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:14 - Gen Kornukov to Gen. Kamenski:
"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."
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"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:14:59 - KAL 007: "Tokyo Radio Korean Air zero zero seven"
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18:15 - Titovnin: "Maistrenko Comrade Colonel, that is, Titovnin."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:15 - Titovnin: "Maistrenko Comrade Colonel, that is, Titovnin."
Maistrenko: "Well, okay. The task is correct. If there are no lights—it cannot be a passenger [aircraft]."
Maistrenko: "Well, okay. The task is correct. If there are no lights—it cannot be a passenger [aircraft]."
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18:15:03 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air zero zero seven Tokyo"
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:15:03 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air zero zero seven Tokyo"
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18:15:07 - KAL 007: "Korean Air zero zero seven requesting climb three five zero"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:15:07 - KAL 007: "Korean Air zero zero seven requesting climb three five zero"
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18:15:13 - Tokyo radio: "Requesting three five zero?"
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:15:13 - Tokyo radio: "Requesting three five zero?"
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18:15:15 - KAL 007: "That is affirmative now maintain at three three zero Korean Air zero zero seven"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:15:15 - KAL 007: "That is affirmative now maintain at three three zero Korean Air zero zero seven"
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18:15:19 - Tokyo radio: "Roger stand by call you back"
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:15:19 - Tokyo radio: "Roger stand by call you back"
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18:15:21 - KAL 007: "Roger"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:15:21 - KAL 007: "Roger"
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18:15:21 - KAL 007 Flight deck: "Oh my God! This radio is very bad"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:15:21 - KAL 007 Flight deck: "Oh my God! This radio is very bad"
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18:15:52 - [Audible morse transmission starts]
18:15:52 - [Audible morse transmission starts]
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18:20:11 - Toyko radio: "Korean Air zero zero seven. Clearance Tokyo ATC clears Korean Air zero zero seven climb and maintain flight level 350"
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:20:11 - Toyko radio: "Korean Air zero zero seven. Clearance Tokyo ATC clears Korean Air zero zero seven climb and maintain flight level 350"
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18:20:21 - KAL 007: "Ah roger Korean Air 007 climb and maintain at 350 leaving 330 at this time."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:20:21 - KAL 007: "Ah roger Korean Air 007 climb and maintain at 350 leaving 330 at this time."
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18:20:28 - Tokyo radio: "Tokyo roger."
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:20:28 - Tokyo radio: "Tokyo roger."
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18:21:35 - Osipovich: "Yes, I'm approaching the target. I'm going in closer."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:21:35 - Osipovich: "Yes, I'm approaching the target. I'm going in closer."
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18:21:35 - Osipovich: "The target's strobe lightis blinking. I have already approached the target to a distance of about 2 kilometers."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:21:35 - Osipovich: "The target's strobe lightis blinking. I have already approached the target to a distance of about 2 kilometers."
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18:21:40 - Osipovich: "The target is at 10,000| [meters]"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:21:40 - Osipovich: "The target is at 10,000| [meters]"
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18:21:55 - Osipovich: "What are instructions?"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:21:55 - Osipovich: "What are instructions?"
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18:22:02 - KAL 007 decreased speed as it climbed, causing the pursuing fighter to draw abeam of it.
18:22:02 - KAL 007 decreased speed as it climbed, causing the pursuing fighter to draw abeam of it.
Osipovich: "The target is decreasing speed."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>Osipovich: "The target is decreasing speed."
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18:22:17 - Osipovich: "I am going around it. I'm already moving in front of the target."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:22:17 - Osipovich: "I am going around it. I'm already moving in front of the target."
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18:22:17 - Titovnin: "Increase speed, 805" [call sign of Osipovich's Sukhoi].
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:22:17 - Titovnin: "Increase speed, 805" [call sign of Osipovich's Sukhoi].
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18:22:23 - Osipovich: "I have increased speed."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:22:23 - Osipovich: "I have increased speed."
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18:22:23 - Titovnin: "Has the target increased speed, yes?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:22:23 - Titovnin: "Has the target increased speed, yes?"
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18:22:29 - Osipovich: "No, it is decreasing speed."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:22:29 - Osipovich: "No, it is decreasing speed."
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18:22:29 - Titovnin: "805, open fire on target."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:22:29 - Titovnin: "805, open fire on target."
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18:22:42 - Osipovich: "It should have been earlier. How can I chase it? I'm already abeam of the target."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:22:42 - Osipovich: "It should have been earlier. How can I chase it? I'm already abeam of the target."
''"They [KAL 007] quickly lowered their speed. They were flying at 400 kilometers per hour. My speed was more than 400. I was simply unable to fly slower. In my opinion, the intruder's intentions were plain. If I did not want to go into a stall, I would be forced to overshoot them. That's exactly what happened. We had already flown over the island [Sakhalin]. It is narrow at that point, the target was about to get away." -- Gennadie Osipovich, "Izvestiya" newspaper, 1991''
''"They [KAL 007] quickly lowered their speed. They were flying at 400 kilometers per hour. My speed was more than 400. I was simply unable to fly slower. In my opinion, the intruder's intentions were plain. If I did not want to go into a stall, I would be forced to overshoot them. That's exactly what happened. We had already flown over the island [Sakhalin]. It is narrow at that point, the target was about to get away." -- Gennadie Osipovich, "Izvestiya" newspaper, 1991''
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18:22:42 - Titovnin: "Roger, if possible, take up a position for attack."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:22:42 - Titovnin: "Roger, if possible, take up a position for attack."
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18:22:55 - Osipovich: "Now I have to fall back a bit from the target."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:22:55 - Osipovich: "Now I have to fall back a bit from the target."
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18:21-22 - Kornukov: "Gerasimenko, cut the horesplay at the command post, what is that noise there? I repeat the combat task: fire missiles, fire on target 60-65."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:21-22 - Kornukov: "Gerasimenko, cut the horesplay at the command post, what is that noise there? I repeat the combat task: fire missiles, fire on target 60-65."
Gerasimenko: "Wilco"
Gerasimenko: "Wilco"
Kornukov: "Carry out the task, destroy [it]!"
Kornukov: "Carry out the task, destroy [it]!"
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18:22:55 - Gen. Kornukov: "Oh, [expletives] how long does it take him to get into attack position, he is already getting out into neutral waters? Engage afterburner immediately. Bring in the MiG 23 as well... While you are wasting time it will fly right out."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:22:55 - Gen. Kornukov: "Oh, [expletives] how long does it take him to get into attack position, he is already getting out into neutral waters? Engage afterburner immediately. Bring in the MiG 23 as well... While you are wasting time it will fly right out."
Titovnin: "805, try to destroy the target with cannons."
Titovnin: "805, try to destroy the target with cannons."
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18:22:56 - ''KAL 007 reports reaching its newly assigned altitude''
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:22:56 - ''KAL 007 reports reaching its newly assigned altitude''
KAL 007: "Tokyo Radio Korean Air 007 reaching level three five zero".
KAL 007: "Tokyo Radio Korean Air 007 reaching level three five zero".
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18:23:37 - Osipovich: "I am dropping back. Now I will try a rocket."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:23:37 - Osipovich: "I am dropping back. Now I will try a rocket."
''"Then the ground [controller] gave the command: "Destroy the target...!" That was easy to say. But how? With shells?! I had already expended 243 rounds. Ram it? I had always thought of that as poor taste. Ramming is the last resort. Just in case, I had already completed my turn and was coming down on top of him. Then, I had an idea. I dropped below him about 2,000 meters... afterburners. Switched on the missiles and brought the nose up sharply. Success! I have a lock on." -- Gennadie Osipovich, "Izvestiya" newspaper, 1991''.
''"Then the ground [controller] gave the command: "Destroy the target...!" That was easy to say. But how? With shells?! I had already expended 243 rounds. Ram it? I had always thought of that as poor taste. Ramming is the last resort. Just in case, I had already completed my turn and was coming down on top of him. Then, I had an idea. I dropped below him about 2,000 meters... afterburners. Switched on the missiles and brought the nose up sharply. Success! I have a lock on." -- Gennadie Osipovich, "Izvestiya" newspaper, 1991''.
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18:23:37 - Titovnin: "Roger."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:23:37 - Titovnin: "Roger."
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18:23:49 - MiG 23 (163): "Twelve kilometers to the target. I see both [the Soviet interceptor piloted by Osipovich and KAL 007]."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:23:49 - MiG 23 (163): "Twelve kilometers to the target. I see both [the Soviet interceptor piloted by Osipovich and KAL 007]."
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18:23:37 - Titovnin: "805, approach target and destroy target."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:23:37 - Titovnin: "805, approach target and destroy target."
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18:24:22 - Osipovich: "Roger, I am in lock-on."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:24:22 - Osipovich: "Roger, I am in lock-on."
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18:24:22 - Titovnin: "805, are you closing on the target?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:24:22 - Titovnin: "805, are you closing on the target?"
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18:25:11 - Osipovich: "I am closing on the target, am in lock-on. Distance to target is 8 kilometers."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:25:11 - Osipovich: "I am closing on the target, am in lock-on. Distance to target is 8 kilometers."
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18:25:11 - Titovnin: "Afterburner. AFTERBURNER, 805!"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:25:11 - Titovnin: "Afterburner. AFTERBURNER, 805!"
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18:25:16 - Osipovich: "I have already switched it on."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:25:16 - Osipovich: "I have already switched it on."
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18:25:16 - Titovnin: "Launch!"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:25:16 - Titovnin: "Launch!"
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18:25:46 - Osipovich: "Z.G." (Fuel panel light)
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:25:46 - Osipovich: "Z.G." (Fuel panel light)
18:26:02 - Cockpit: [Sound of explosion?]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:02 - Cockpit: [Sound of explosion?]
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18:26:06 - KAL 007 Captain Chun: "What's happened?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:06 - KAL 007 Captain Chun: "What's happened?"
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18:26:08 - Co-pilot: "What?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:08 - Co-pilot: "What?"
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18:26:10 - Captain: "Retard throttles."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:10 - Captain: "Retard throttles."
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18:26:11 - Co-Pilot: "Engines normal."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:11 - Co-Pilot: "Engines normal."
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18:26:14 - Captain: "Landing gear."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:14 - Captain: "Landing gear."
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18:26:15 - Cockpit: [Sound of cabin altitude warning]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:15 - Cockpit: [Sound of cabin altitude warning]
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18:26:17 - Captain: "Landing gear."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:17 - Captain: "Landing gear."
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18:26:18 - Cockpit: [Sound of altitude deviation warning]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:18 - Cockpit: [Sound of altitude deviation warning]
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18:26:20 - Osipovich: "I have executed the launch."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:26:20 - Osipovich: "I have executed the launch."
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18:26 - Kornukov: "Well, what do you hear there?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:26 - Kornukov: "Well, what do you hear there?"
Kornukov: "He has launched, follow the target, follow the target, withdraw yours from the attack and bring the MiG-23 in there."
Kornukov: "He has launched, follow the target, follow the target, withdraw yours from the attack and bring the MiG-23 in there."
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18:26:21 - Cockpit: [Sound of autopilot disconnect warning]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:21 - Cockpit: [Sound of autopilot disconnect warning]
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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]''
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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''
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:26:22 -'' Major Osipovich mistakenly (as subsequent Russian real-time military telecommunications show) reports the Boeing is destroyed''
Osipovich: "The target is destroyed."
Osipovich: "The target is destroyed."
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18:26:22 - Titovnin: "Break off attack to the right, heading 360."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:26:22 - Titovnin: "Break off attack to the right, heading 360."
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18:26:23 - Co-Pilot: "What? What?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:23 - Co-Pilot: "What? What?"
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18:26:27 - Osipovich: "I am breaking off attack."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:26:27 - Osipovich: "I am breaking off attack."
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18:26:27 - Cockpit: [Unintelligible]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:27 - Cockpit: [Unintelligible]
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18:26:29 - Captain: "Check it out."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:29 - Captain: "Check it out."
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18:26:33 - Captain: "I am not able to drop altitude."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:33 - Captain: "I am not able to drop altitude."
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18:26:33 - MiG-23: "What are (my) instructions?"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span> 18:26:33 - MiG-23: "What are (my) instructions?"
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18:26:34 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:34 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
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18:26:38 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:38 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
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18:26:38 - Crew: "Altitude is going up."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:38 - Crew: "Altitude is going up."
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18:26:40 - Crew: "This is not working. This is not working."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:40 - Crew: "This is not working. This is not working."
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18:26:41 - Crew: "Manually."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:41 - Crew: "Manually."
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18:26:42 - Crew: "Cannot do manually."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:42 - Crew: "Cannot do manually."
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18:26:42 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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.''
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:45 - Co-Pilot: "Engines are normal sir."
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18:26:46 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:46 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
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18:26:47 - MiG-23: "My wing tanks have lit up. The fuel remainder differs by 600 litres for now.
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span> 18:26:47 - MiG-23: "My wing tanks have lit up. The fuel remainder differs by 600 litres for now.
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18:26:48 - Cockpit: [Unintelligible]
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:48 - Cockpit: [Unintelligible]
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18:26:49 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:49 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
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18:26:50 - Captain: "Is it power compression?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:50 - Captain: "Is it power compression?"
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18:26:51 - Flight Engineer: "Is that right?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:51 - Flight Engineer: "Is that right?"
18:26:52 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette, this is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:52 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette, this is an emergency descent."
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18:26:52 - Flight Engineer: "All of both."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:52 - Flight Engineer: "All of both."
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18:26:53 - Osipovich: "Fuel remainder 1,600"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:26:53 - Osipovich: "Fuel remainder 1,600"
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18:26:54 - Captain: "Is that right?"
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:54 - Captain: "Is that right?"
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18:26:55 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:55 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
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18:26:57 - Co-Pilot: "Tokyo radio Korean Air 007."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:26:57 - Co-Pilot: "Tokyo radio Korean Air 007."
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18:26 - Soviet commanders become aware that target is not destroyed.
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:26 - Soviet commanders become aware that target is not destroyed.
Lt. Col Novoseltski: "Well, what is happening, what is the matter, who guided him in, he locked on, why didn't he shoot it down?"
Lt. Col Novoseltski: "Well, what is happening, what is the matter, who guided him in, he locked on, why didn't he shoot it down?"
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18:27:01 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:01 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
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18:27:01 - Osipovich: "I am executing. What is the distance to the airfield?"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:27:01 - Osipovich: "I am executing. What is the distance to the airfield?"
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18:27:02 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air 007, Tokyo."
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:27:02 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air 007, Tokyo."
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18:27:04 - "Accentuated breathing during the transmission indicated that an oxygen mask was being worn" (ICAO '93, pg. 35)
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:04 - "Accentuated breathing during the transmission indicated that an oxygen mask was being worn" (ICAO '93, pg. 35)
Co-Pilot: "Roger, Korean Air 007...ah, we are experiencing..."
Co-Pilot: "Roger, Korean Air 007...ah, we are experiencing..."
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18:27:05 - Osipovich: "Roger"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:27:05 - Osipovich: "Roger"
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18:27:08 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:08 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
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18:27:08 - MiG-23: "What heading?"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:27:08 - MiG-23: "What heading?"
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18:27:09 - Flight Engineer: "All compression."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:09 - Flight Engineer: "All compression."
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18:27:10 - Captain: "Rapid decompression. Descend to one zero thousand."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:10 - Captain: "Rapid decompression. Descend to one zero thousand."
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18:27:15 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:20 - Flight Engineer: "Now...we have to set this."
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18:27:21 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air 007, radio check on one zero zero four eight."
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:27:21 - Tokyo radio: "Korean Air 007, radio check on one zero zero four eight."
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18:27:23 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:23 - Public Address: "Attention emergency descent."
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18:27:23 - Flight Engineer: "Speed."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:23 - Flight Engineer: "Speed."
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18:27:26 - Flight Engineer: "Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Set."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:26 - Flight Engineer: "Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Set."
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18:27:27 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:27 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
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18:27:29 - MiG-23: "I'm executing left to a heading of 180."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:27:29 - MiG-23: "I'm executing left to a heading of 180."
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18:27:30 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:30 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent."
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18:27:33 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette this is an emergency descent."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:33 - Public Address: "Put out your cigarette this is an emergency descent."
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18:27:38 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:38 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband."
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18:27:43 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust..."
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:27:43 - Public Address: "Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust..."
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18:27:46 - ''End of CVR recording''
18:27:46 - ''End of CVR recording''
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18:27:53 - MiG-23: "Heading 150, Roger."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:27:53 - MiG-23: "Heading 150, Roger."
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18:27 - Kornukov: "Did Osipovich see the missiles explode? Hello?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:27 - Kornukov: "Did Osipovich see the missiles explode? Hello?"
Gerasimenko: "He fired two missiles."
Gerasimenko: "He fired two missiles."
Gerasimenko" "805, did you launch one missile or both?"<ref>ICAO '93. Information Pages 1. pp. 132-133</ref>
Gerasimenko" "805, did you launch one missile or both?"<ref>ICAO '93. Information Pages 1. pp. 132-133</ref>
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18:28:05 - Osipovich: "I launched both"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:28:05 - Osipovich: "I launched both"
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18:28:08 - Tokyo radio - KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:28:08 - Tokyo radio - KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:28:20 - MiG-23: "Roger, heading 150, 7,500"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:28:20 - MiG-23: "Roger, heading 150, 7,500"
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18:28:26 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:28:26 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:28:29 - MiG-23: "Executing heading 210"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:28:29 - MiG-23: "Executing heading 210"
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18:28:35 - MiG-23: "I executed"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:28:35 - MiG-23: "I executed"
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18:28:40 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:28:40 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:28:51 - MiG-23: "Roger heading 210"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:28:51 - MiG-23: "Roger heading 210"
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18:28 - Lt. Col. Gerasimienko: "The target turned to the north."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:28 - Lt. Col. Gerasimienko: "The target turned to the north."
Gen. Kornukov: "The target turned to the north?"
Gen. Kornukov: "The target turned to the north?"
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?
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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?
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?
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
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:29:13 - The Soviet pilots unsuccessfully tried to locate the wreckage of KAL 007
MiG-23 pilot says of their target: "No, I don't see it."
MiG-23 pilot says of their target: "No, I don't see it."
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18:29:20 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:29:20 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:29:21 - MiG-23 "Executing heading 360."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:29:21 - MiG-23 "Executing heading 360."
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18:29:50 - MiG-23 "Roger, taking a heading of 360."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:29:50 - MiG-23 "Roger, taking a heading of 360."
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18:30:00 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:30:00 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:30 - KAL 007 was last seen by radar at Wakkanai at a height of 5,000 meters (16,424 ft)
18:30 - KAL 007 was last seen by radar at Wakkanai at a height of 5,000 meters (16,424 ft)
18:30-34/35 - ''KAL 007 will continue at altitude level 5,000 meters for almost 5 minutes until over Moneron Island''
18:30-34/35 - ''KAL 007 will continue at altitude level 5,000 meters for almost 5 minutes until over Moneron Island''
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18:30:42 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:30:42 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal)
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18:31:04-28 - Tokyo radio-KAL 015: Roger. Would you attempt to contact Korean Air zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero seven and, er....relay his position please?
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span><span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:31:04-28 - Tokyo radio-KAL 015: Roger. Would you attempt to contact Korean Air zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero seven and, er....relay his position please?
KAL 015: Roger Stand by
KAL 015: Roger Stand by
KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven, KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven, KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero zero one five
KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven, KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven, KAL 015-KAL 007: Zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero zero one five
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18:32-33 - Kornukov: Altitude, what is the altitude of our fighter and the altitude of the target?...Quickly, the altitude of of the target and the altitude of the fighter!...Why don't you say anything?... Gerasimenko!
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:32-33 - Kornukov: Altitude, what is the altitude of our fighter and the altitude of the target?...Quickly, the altitude of of the target and the altitude of the fighter!...Why don't you say anything?... Gerasimenko!
Gerasimenko: I am asking...
Gerasimenko: I am asking...
Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak[Call sign]
Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak, Mastak[Call sign]
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18:33:05 - KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Tokyo this is Korean Air 015
<span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>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.''
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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."
Gerasimenko: "Affirmative, turning left, right, apparently it is descending."
Gerasimenko: "Affirmative, turning left, right, apparently it is descending."
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18:33:08-18:35:06
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span><span style="background:#FFD700">****</span>18:33:08-18:35:06
Tokyo radio-KAL 015: Korean Air zero one five go ahead
KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Unable to contact Korean Air zero zero seven
KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Unable to contact Korean Air zero zero seven
KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Tokyo Korean Air zero one five unable to contact
KAL 015-Tokyo radio: Tokyo Korean Air zero one five unable to contact
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18:34 - Kornukov: "Destroy it, use the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|23]] to destroy it, I said!"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:34 - Kornukov: "Destroy it, use the MiG-23 to destroy it, I said!"
Gerasimenko: "Roger, destroy it."
Gerasimenko: "Roger, destroy it."
18:35 - KAL 007 has now been tracked by Soviet radar as descended below 5,000 meters in its spiral over Moneron Island.
18:35 - KAL 007 has now been tracked by Soviet radar as descended below 5,000 meters in its spiral over Moneron Island.
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18:35:54 - Call sign 121 [a Su-15 interceptror]: "No, I don't see it"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:35:54 - Call sign 121 [a Su-15 interceptror]: "No, I don't see it"
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18:36 - Kornukov: "...you know the range, where the target is. It is over Moneron..."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:36 - Kornukov: "...you know the range, where the target is. It is over Moneron..."
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18:38:37 - MiG-23: "I don't see anything in this area. I just looked."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:38:37 - MiG-23: "I don't see anything in this area. I just looked."
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18:38 - Titovnin: "They lost the target, Comrade Colonel, in the area of Moneron."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:38 - Titovnin: "They lost the target, Comrade Colonel, in the area of Moneron."
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18:38 - Novoseletski: "In the area of Moneron?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:38 - Novoseletski: "In the area of Moneron?"
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18:38 - Titovnin: "The pilots do not see it, neither the one nor the other. The radio forces have reported...that after the launch, the target entered a right turn over Moneron."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:38 - Titovnin: "The pilots do not see it, neither the one nor the other. The radio forces have reported...that after the launch, the target entered a right turn over Moneron."
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18:38 - Novoseletski: "Uh-huh."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:38 - Novoseletski: "Uh-huh."
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18:38 - Titovnin: "Descending. And lost over Moneron"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:38:37 - The first Soviet pilot reiterates: "I don't see anything in this area. I just looked."
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18:39 - Novoseletski: So, the task. They say it has violated the State border again, now?
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:39 - Novoseletski: So, the task. They say it has violated the State border again, now?
Titovnin: Well, it is in the area of Moneron, of course, over our territory.
Titovnin: Well, it is in the area of Moneron, of course, over our territory.
Titovnin: Roger. The MiG 23 is in the area. It is descending to 5,000. The orders have been given: destroy upon detection.
Titovnin: Roger. The MiG 23 is in the area. It is descending to 5,000. The orders have been given: destroy upon detection.
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18:40:11 - MiG-23: "I'm not able to determine the cloud base. The clouds are below me and I'm at 2000 ft"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>18:40:11 - MiG-23: "I'm not able to determine the cloud base. The clouds are below me and I'm at 2000 ft"
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18:41 - Kornukov: Well, what [is happening] there. Has the [MiG] 23 reported anything, does he see [it] or not? Bring him down to 4,000. Have him look visually and on the radar sight.
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:41 - Kornukov: Well, what [is happening] there. Has the [MiG] 23 reported anything, does he see [it] or not? Bring him down to 4,000. Have him look visually and on the radar sight.
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18:41:17 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:41:17 - Tokyo radio-KAL 007: (Selcal 007)
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18:41:55 - Last attempt of Tokyo radio to make contact''
<span style="background:#ADFF2F">****</span>18:41:55 - Last attempt of Tokyo radio to make contact''
Tokyo radio-KAL 007: Korean Air zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero seven this is Tokyo Radio if you read me re...request radio check Tokyo requests radio check one two seven decimal six one two seven decimal six
Tokyo radio-KAL 007: Korean Air zero zero seven Korean Air zero zero seven this is Tokyo Radio if you read me re...request radio check Tokyo requests radio check one two seven decimal six one two seven decimal six
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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]
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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''.
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>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: "Novoalexandrovski must be brought to readiness and Khomutovo. The border guards and KGB are at Khomutovo."
Titovnin: "Novoalexandrovski must be brought to readiness and Khomutovo. The border guards and KGB are at Khomutovo."
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18:53 - Kornukov: "What [happened} was it not destroyed?"
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:53 - Kornukov: "What [happened} was it not destroyed?"
Osipovich: "The target disappeared, but it was somehow descending slowly...either it was put out of action or it was damaged, it disappeared in the area of Moneron, no one can see it at the moment. Well, it looks as if it was put out of action."
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>Osipovich: "The target disappeared, but it was somehow descending slowly...either it was put out of action or it was damaged, it disappeared in the area of Moneron, no one can see it at the moment. Well, it looks as if it was put out of action."
Kornukov: "Roger, good, we'll sort it out."
<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>Kornukov: "Roger, good, we'll sort it out."
Osipovich: "Uh-huh, Roger"
<span style="background:#00CED1">****</span>Osipovich: "Uh-huh, Roger"
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<span style="background:#FD8080">****</span>18:55 - Any civilian ships near Moneron sent to Moneron itself on order of Deputy Commander of Far East Military District (under Gen. Tretyak), Gen. Strogov.''