PASSENGER JET SHOT DOWN ON THIS DAY

The wreckage of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
The wreckage of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.     
    
    
    
   

On September 1, 1983,Soviet jet fighters intercepted a Korean
Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace and shot the plane
down, killing  269 passengers and crew-members. The incident dramatically increased tensions between the
Soviet Union
and
the United
States.      
       

    

      
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posted by Bob Karm in AIRCRAFT,ANNIVERSARY,Aviation disaster,HISTORY,NEWSPAPER,Soviet Union and have No Comments

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