The tower tapes should reveal whether there was any communications misunderstanding, given possible language difficulties. ("Cleared takeoff from Kilo" ?!). . .Which prompts the question - how and why did this become public knowledge ? I doubt a reporter from KINY just happened to be hanging around ANC at 0300. Seems unprofessional for the tower crew to have notified the press. Flight crew and pax didn't know anything was amiss. So whodunnit ?