Fred J. McCall kirjoitti:
Volker Hetzer wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:

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:Then they've done what's expected from a civilian airliner, which was the
:issue I was responding to.

Except for the habit of Iranian aircraft not to answer radio
challenges at the time.

Admittedly I do not recall all that much of the incident, but I believe
that shortly after the killing there was some kind of explanation
according to which Vincennes mistook radio traffic between Iranian air
control and a fighter on the tarmac of a nearby air field to be
associated with the approaching radar echo.

If so, would Vincennes not have broadcasted their challenge on that
frequency? And wouldn't such challenge thus have been unheared or at
least categorized as something directed to other traffic by the crew of
the Airbus?

H Tavaila