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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) [note 2] 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-15 interceptor aircraft.
On 1 September 1983, the Soviet military shot down a South Korean passenger jet, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, that had strayed into Soviet airspace. All 269 people aboard the aircraft were killed, [5] including U.S. Representative Larry McDonald and many other Americans. [6] The first Pershing II missiles were delivered to West Germany on 1 ...
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
In 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian BUK missile system with the loss of 298 passengers and crew.. In 1983, the Soviet Union shot down Korean Air ...
A large air battle allegedly occurred between the Soviet Air Force and the USAF, during which the Soviets shot down several American aircraft, including an RC-135, an EF-111 and probably even an SR-71. The SU-15 pilot, Major Osipovich, flew two sorties and shot down two targets (contradicted by the 1991 interview with Osipovich [34]).
GPS jamming. Some were reportedly shot down in closed air space over regions bordering Ukraine, including the Sea of Azov. Flight operations were reportedly temporarily suspended at Russia’s ...
A Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, which preliminary investigations show may have shot down the aircraft (Getty/iStock) Fatal flightpath: the course of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 on 25 ...
21 October 1983 – An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down. 25 October 1983 – An unidentified aircraft crashed, killing one crew member. 29 October 1983 – A MiG-21 aircraft was shot down. 15 November 1983 – An Mi-6 heavy transport missed the Soviet landing strip near the town of Kunduz and crashed due to a faulty tail rotor.