[adam_az]

At some level. The US spy planes picked up the communications to the pilots only.

DID YOU EVEN READ THE ARTICLE????

"Then, at 3:12, one of the pilots informed Hatzor that he saw an American flag flying over the wounded ship. He was asked to investigate and determine whether it was really an American ship."

What made you think they only recorded one side when the article quotes both sides?

Both sides are also available from the Israelis - who released them in 1987. Wanna bet both copies are identical?

[drlevy88]

I mean to/from pilots. Sorry for not being clear. Who knows what was going on within hq or what they might have heard from elsewhere.