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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the South Korean airliner servicing the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but due to a navigational mistake made by the KAL crew the airliner deviated from its original planned route and flew through Soviet prohibited airspace about the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance mission. 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 which were likely not seen by the KAL pilots. The Korean airliner eventually crashed in the sea near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Larry McDonald, a United States Representative from Georgia. The Soviets found the wreckage under the sea on September 15, and found the flight recorders in October, but this information was kept secret until 1993.
Date 1 September 1983
Summary Shot down by the Soviet Air Force after navigation error by KAL pilots
Aircraft type Boeing 747-230B
Operator Korean Air Lines
Registration HL7442
Flight origin John F. Kennedy International Airport,
New York City, New York, U.S.
Stopover Anchorage International Airport,
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Destination Gimpo International Airport,
Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Occupants 269
Passengers 246
Crew 23
Fatalities 269
Survivors 0