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Korean Air Lines Flight 007, also known as KAL 007, was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner shot down by Soviet jet interceptors on September 1, 1983 just west of Sakhalin island. 269 passengers and crew, including US congressman Lawrence McDonald, were aboard KAL 007; there were no known survivors.
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Date | September 1, 1983 |
Summary | Airliner shoot down |
Site | 46°34′N 141°17′E West of Sakhalin island |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-230B |
Operator | Korean Air Lines |
Registration | HL7442 |
Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York United States |
Last stopover | Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska United States |
Destination | Gimpo International Airport, Seoul South Korea |
Passengers | 240 |
Crew | 29 |
Fatalities | 269 |
Survivors | 0 |
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The Soviet Union stated it did not believe the aircraft was civilian and suggested it had entered Soviet airspace as a deliberate provocation by the United States, the purpose being to test its military response capabilities, repeating the provocation of Korean Air Flight 902, also shot down by Soviet aircraft over the Kola Peninsula in 1978. The incident attracted a storm of protest from across the world, particularly from the United States.