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Wikipedia Overview
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15TM Flagon-F interceptor aircraft. The Boeing 747-230B airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but owing to a navigational mistake made by the crew, the airliner drifted from its planned route and flew through Soviet airspace. The Soviet Air Forces treated the unidentified aircraft as an intruding U.S. spy plane, and destroyed it with air-to-air missiles, after firing warning shots. The South Korean airliner eventually crashed into the sea near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew aboard, including Larry McDonald, a United States representative. It is the worst Korean Air disaster to date.
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The Night Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Vanished - MiGFlug
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Korean Air Lines flight 007 | Missiles, Investigation, & Facts - Britannica
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Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union | September 1, 1983 - History.com
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747 Shootdown: The Story Of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Simple Flying
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There Are Many Parallels Between The MH17 Crash And When Russia Shot Down A Civilian Airliner In 1983 - Business Insider
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In 1983, the USSR shot down a Korean Airlines plane. Thirty years later, Russia shot down MH-17 - UNITED24 Media
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Newsweek Rewind: 'Murder in the Air' - newsweek.com
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How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Struggle-La Lucha
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After 1983 Korean Air Lines shoot-down, a family is left to stew in uncertainty - The Washington Post
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The downing of Flight 007: 30 years later, a Cold War tragedy still seems surreal - CNN
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THE LAST HOURS OF FLIGHT 007: RETRACING THE FATEFUL NIGHT OVER SAKHALIN (Published 1983) - The New York Times
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Closing the File on Flight 007 - The New Yorker
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007: the Boeing 747 shot down by a Soviet Su-15 in 1983 - AeroTime
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Relatives of victims of Korean Air Lines Flight 007,... - upi.com
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Breslin: Saved from the Korean Airlines disaster by a tongue twister in 1983 - New York Daily News
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Rep. McDonald dies when Soviets shoot down Boeing 747, Sept. 1, 1983 - Politico
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Deadliest cases of passenger planes shot down - CBC
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The One: Susur Lee and Brenda Bent - National Post
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