ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141741
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 01-OCT-1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 707 |
| Operator: | Pacific Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Norwegian airspace -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Alaska |
| Amsterdam |
A Pacific Airlines aircraft tries to fly Alaska-Amsterdam over the North Pole but lacks sufficient charts and strays towards Russia. Norwegian radar picks up this and scrambles two Norwegian AF F-16 to direct the 707. This is less than a year after a KAL airplane is shot down over soviet airspace.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 01:21 | Masen63 | Added |
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