Another explanation is provided by Izvestiya correspondents Shalnev and Illesh's interview of Mikhail Igorevich Girs, Captain of the Tinro 2 submersible which made most of the dives. The message was a change in the estimated time of arrival (ETA) for the next waypoint called NEEVA, delaying by four minutes the ETA that KAL 015 had previously relayed on behalf of KAL 007. are reflections of the politically expedient rather than of an independent investigative determination.
For illustration only—KAL 007 did not necessarily use this type of recorder. The first missile was radar-controlled and proximity fuzed, and detonated 50 metres (160 ft) behind the aircraft. U.S. underwater operations began on September 14. Normally, when an airliner crashes, responsibility for the inquiry falls to the NTSB, which has the technical expertise to assess what happened. When the Soviet Union shot down Flight 007, the U.S. was able to galvanize enough support at home and abroad to enable the deployment to go ahead. [92] Reagan issued a National Security Directive stating that the Soviets were not to be let off the hook, and initiating "a major diplomatic effort to keep international and domestic attention focused on the Soviet action". On June 17, 1992, President Yeltsin revealed that after the 1991 failed coup attempt concerted attempts were made to locate Soviet-era documents relating to KAL 007. The Anchorage VOR beacon was not operational because of maintenance.
[97], Since the aircraft had departed from U.S. soil and U.S. nationals had died in the incident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was legally required to investigate. [18] Twelve passengers occupied the upper deck first class, while in business class almost all of the 24 seats were taken; in economy class, approximately 80 seats were empty. It is easy to turn a civilian type of plane into one for military use. As a result of the incident, the United States altered tracking procedures for aircraft departing from Alaska. Contrary to official Soviet statements at the time, he recalled telling ground controllers that there were "blinking lights". The impression is that all of this has been dragged here by a trawl rather than falling down from the sky ..."[51], This was one of the theories expressed in the original Izvestia series of 1990–91, and the later interview of deep sea diver Vadim Kondrabayev (subsequently reprinted in English by Roy's Russian Aircraft Review). KAL 007's HSI's needle should have been pegged all the way to the right (North). There was no evidence of damage to system four. According to Michel Brun this theory is not entirely preposterous. Flight number 007 has been retired since, using flight numbers for two separate flights as 82, 85 and 250.
In his book The Mystery of Korean Boeing 747, Soviet correspondent Andrey Illesh proposes that the bodies were eaten by giant crabs.
It was therefore reopened on October 2 after safety and navigational aids were checked.
CTF75/N32:kpm,4730, Ser 011, 15 November 1983, Commander of Task Force 71 of U.S. 7th Fleet, stated in his After Action Report (Department of the Navy, Commander, Surface Combat Force Seventh Fleet. The pilot of the lead Su-15 fighter fired warning shots with its cannon, but recalled later in 1991, "I fired four bursts, more than 200 rounds. They were flying at 400 km/h (249 mph). According to the theory, the whereabouts of the KAL-007 wreckage is not known to anyone, but is probably 500 kilometres (310 mi) away from Moneron Island down the coast of Japan. The interval of 11 seconds between the sound of missile detonation picked up by the cockpit voice recorder and the sound of the alarm sounding in the cockpit enabled ICAO analysts to determine that the size of the ruptures to the pressurised fuselage was 1.75 square feet (0.163 m2).