 Prolific aviation author Yefim Gordon in his 2007 book "Mikoyan MiG-29" was sharply critical of Zuyev, referring to a prior suspension of Zuyev for poor discipline and that Zuyev's superiors were considering a dishonorable discharge.Gordon speculated that this is what spurred Zuyev into leaving the Soviet Union.On January 3, 1993, Zuyev revealed that the reason that Korean Air Lines Flight 007 succeeded in crossing over Kamchatka without being shot down was because Arctic gales had knocked out the Soviet radars on Kamchatka ten days previously.