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 growing excitement and yelling in CIC about COMAIR. He looked at WCO's IFF box and "read 6700 block", altitude about 11,000 ft. (IO Exhibit 73).

U (e)  (CO-SIDES) recalled evaluating TN 4131 as a non-threat based on CPA to USS SIDES, F-14 ASUW capability, lack of ESM and precedent. He noted an altitude of 11,000 ft and shifted his attention to the P-3 to the west. (IO Exhibit 48) (, pp. 151, 153).

(f)

(1) (U) Airbus A300 carries WXR-700C-X NAV/Weather Avoidance Radar

(2)

(3) (U) Narrow beam of radar plus ascending angle will make the probability of detection of the Airbus radar by SLQ-32 marginal.

(4) (U) Neither USS VINCENNES, USS ELMER MONTGOMERY, nor USS SIDES had a AN/SLQ-32 intercept of the Airbus radar (Enclosure 16).

U (g) USS ELMER MONTGOMERY had no ESM contacts that would have correlated TN 4131 to an F-14. (IO Exhibits 27 & 33, p. 89).

U (h)  never recalled seeing an altitude above 11,000 ft. (, p. 814).

U (i)  (IO Exhibit 91).

U (j) (TIC) recalled target altitude of 11,000 ft at 15 NM. He began to update the range every open spot on net 15/16. (IO Exhibit 91, p. 682}}

U (k)  (GW) heard continuous reports of declining altitude. (, p. 815).

U (l)  (IAD) recalled being prepared to give the final warning when another ship came up and gave a challenge. also recalled that the aircraft was at 7800 ft at that time and at 450 kts. (IO Exhibit 91,, p. 610).

U (m) IAD challenge issued by  (USS SIDES) to aircraft BRG 204 to VINCENNES, RNG 31kyds,