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The KAL 007 related Soviet/ U.S naval confrontation (view source)
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of the passengers should have been carried to the surface precisely by their life vests.
of the passengers should have been carried to the surface precisely by their life vests.
Some should have remained at the bottom, strapped to the seats. All of them could not
Some should have remained at the bottom, strapped to the seats. All of them could not
have disappeared.”
have disappeared.”(1)
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and being convinced that KAL 007 had “cataclysmically” and “catastrophically” been
and being convinced that KAL 007 had “cataclysmically” and “catastrophically” been
“destroyed” in the air and had “cartwheeled,” “hurled earthward,” “whirled,” “plunged,” and
“destroyed” in the air and had “cartwheeled,” “hurled earthward,” “whirled,” “plunged,” and
“free-fallen” with “ever-increasing acceleration”89 to its doom, many commentators have
“free-fallen” with “ever-increasing acceleration”(2)to its doom, many commentators have
concluded that 269 corpses could be found incarcerated in a portion or portions of KAL 007’s
concluded that 269 corpses could be found incarcerated in a portion or portions of KAL 007’s
fuselage, their underwater tomb.
fuselage, their underwater tomb.
mother ship, the Georgi Kozmin.
mother ship, the Georgi Kozmin.
Second, there was the Murmansk group working from the Ministry of Oil drilling ship Mikhail
Second, there was the Murmansk group working from the Ministry of Oil drilling ship Mikhail
Soviet Salvage operations, having the civilian divers as well as the military under his direct
Soviet Salvage operations, having the civilian divers as well as the military under his direct
command. Chief diver for the Murmansk group, but also involved with the Svestapol team,
command. Chief diver for the Murmansk group, but also involved with the Svestapol team,
was Vladimir Vasilyevich Zakharchenko.90 He chronicled the diving sessions.
was Vladimir Vasilyevich Zakharchenko.(3) He chronicled the diving sessions.
The Svestapol group began diving on September 15, sometime after the military divers had
The Svestapol group began diving on September 15, sometime after the military divers had
descended. How much earlier the military had started its work is unknown—unknown, that is,
descended. How much earlier the military had started its work is unknown—unknown, that is,
Israel had hired an American company, “Nauticus,” which succeeded in April of 1999 in
Israel had hired an American company, “Nauticus,” which succeeded in April of 1999 in
91 CIA Report/Republican Staff Study report, p. 75.
91 CIA Report/Republican Staff Study report, p. 75.
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*[http://www.rescue007.org/ Website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]
*[http://www.rescue007.org/ Website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]
*[http://sterett.net/public/kal_007_search_ops.htm USS Sterett: First hand account of US-Soviet naval oonfrontation with real-time photos]
*[http://sterett.net/public/kal_007_search_ops.htm USS Sterett: First hand account of US-Soviet naval oonfrontation with real-time photos]
==Footnotes and Notes==
*1) At least 12 minutes according to combined Soviet/Japanese radar trackings.
*2) Oft-repeated popular media characterization for KAL 007’s post-hit flight.
*3) Vladimir Vasilyevich Zakharchenko, not to be confused with Admiral Vladimir Vasilyevich Sidorov.