From: "Angelos D. Keromytis" <angelos@gradin.cis.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:25:38 +0800
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Subject: Re: FLT 800: From the Rumor Mill...But It Makes Sense.. (fwd)
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In message <Pine.SV4.3.91.960901205930.2611B-100000@larry.infi.net>, Alan Horow
itz writes:
>The Aegis ship in the Gulf wzs not in an exercise. It was in a war zone.
>
>If my memory serves, the Iranian jetliner had its squawker turned off, or 
>broken. The officer in charge in the CIC had about ten seconds to decide 
>if he was about to be locked-on by a missle. And no real information to 
>make the decision with.

There's still the possibility that something malfunctioned (but not
fatal - otherwise - for the plane). I'm not
saying it's what happened, but it's a distant possibility.
- -Angelos

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