Tag: Soviet Airspace Shootdown
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On This Day In 1983: KAL 007 Strayed Into Restricted Soviet Airspace – Then a Fighter Pilot Fired Two Missiles at the “Mystery” Boeing 747 Sealing the Fate of 269 Onboard
On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was flying from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seoul, South Korea, when a routine overnight passenger flight became one of the most controversial tragedies of the Cold War. The Boeing 747-230B, registered HL7442, was carrying 246 passengers and 23 crew members. None would survive. What made the disaster…
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