Korean Air Lines (KAL) flight 007 originated in New York City and stopped in Anchorage to refuel. At approximately 4:00 AM local time on August 31, 1983, the plane, a Boeing 747, departed. Shortly thereafter the aircraft crossed the International Date Line, and the day changed to September 1. By this time the plane’s path…
The scheduled Korean Air Lines flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) traveled from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. The flight was brought down on September 1, 1983, by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airplane was traveling from Anchorage to Seoul when, due to a crew navigational error, it deviated from its original…
On September 1, 1983, a Korean Air Lines passenger jet, flight 007, was shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles near Russia’s Sakhalin Island. The catastrophe claimed the lives of all 269 passengers. It left Anchorage, Alaska, bound for Seoul, South Korea, but veered off course by more than 200 miles (322) kilometers and into Soviet…
