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Old 13th Jul 2020, 06:26
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The report add a few light but roughly confirms a few points that I mentioned at the time .
1. after the US attacks ,their air defense overfly authorization mechanism as changed ( reversed ) page 3 , para 1 . )
2. ATC requested and obtained overfly authorization to air defense coordination center ( page 4, para 4 )
3.Main error was by local missile crew in calibrating the missile launch station by 107 Degrees and misidentifying its course ( Page 4 , para 7)
4 .Communications breakdown between coordination center and missile site ( para 12)
5 Decision to fire the 2 missiles without authorization from their air defense station.

The 107 degree mis- alignment is the key , breakdown in communications was the second. . They first did ( could) not correlate what they saw with the 737 track , and thought this target was heading for the city.
So much for flying civil aircraft in a war zone...
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