In US operations centre, there is a map of Africa with a coloured area showing where the satellite may have landed. The shape of this coloured area changes between the long and close shots.
When Matt boards his flight for Africa it's a 707 jet but after he lands at his destination and disembarks, it's a propeller driven aircraft.
The Russian for "Institute of Anthropology" is not only misspelled, it includes a letter that has not been used in the Russian alphabet since 1917.