Word: hersch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Explaining the plane's navigational system in great detail, Hersch shows how the pilot could have drifted over Soviet territory accidentally if only a few small mistakes happened at the wrong times. Flying at night on auto-pilot, the plane was lost mostly because of the crew's laziness and trust in their equipment. Probably confused by the jet's similarity to U.S. spy planes, the Siberian commander decided to play it safe and bring down the unknown plane...
...Seymour H. Hersch...
Finally, New York Times reporter Seymour Hersch has taken a fairly balanced view of the incident, basing his conclusions on extensive interviews with U.S., Japanese, and even Soviet officials involved. He concludes that the event was caused largely by misunderstanding, miscalculation and stupidity...