Who shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007?
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…
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 was already deviating to the north, and some three hours into its flight the aircraft appeared on Russian radar. At the same time, a U.S. Air Force plane, a Boeing 707, was on a reconnaissance mission nearby, attempting to monitor the Soviet testing of a missile on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Who shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007?
Korean Air Lines flight 007, flight of a passenger jet that was shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles on September 1, 1983, near Sakhalin Island, Russia, killing all 269 persons on board. It was en route to Seoul from Anchorage, Alaska when it strayed more than 200 miles (322 km) from its scheduled path and entered Soviet airspace.
