Word: leninakan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military observers had a different line of speculation. They said that the generals had taken a detour to catch a glimpse of the heavily guarded Russian border near the picturesque Turkish town of Ani, the ancient walled capital of Armenia. Emerging from a cloud bank, they picked up the Leninakan radio beaconwhich just happened to be set on precisely the same frequency as the beacon that normally comes from the Kars radio tower. Whether the Soviets deliberately lured the plane off course is uncertain, but the U.S. is convinced that it has happened before along the Soviet-Turkish...
Seconds later, a Soviet army vehicle roared up to their plane. Scherrer and his companions suddenly realized the extent of their error. They had landed at Leninakan, 20 miles inside Soviet Armenia...
...plane accidentally locked on to the Soviet beam and followed it across the border. Ground observers who reported that the craft zigzagged into Soviet airspace twice probably saw the pilot trying to correct his original error. However, two Russian MIGs swooped down and forced it to land near Leninakan. There the four men were taken into custody...