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The incident occurred during heightened tensions during the Cold War and further ... Later in 1993 the ICAO completed its investigation.
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007)[note 2] 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.[2] 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.
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Boeing 747-230B HL7442.webp
HL7442, the aircraft that was shot down, landing at London Heathrow airport in 1980.
Shootdown
Date
1 September 1983
Summary
Shot down by the Soviet Air Force after navigation error by KAL pilots
Site
Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union
46°34′N 141°17′E / 46.567°N 141.283°E
Aircraft
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[1]
Crew
23[note 1]
Fatalities
269
Survivors
0
The Soviet Union initially denied knowledge of the incident,[3] but later admitted shooting down the aircraft, claiming that it was on a MASINT spy mission.[4] The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union said it was a deliberate provocation by the United States[5] to probe the Soviet Union's military preparedness, or even to provoke a war. The White House accused the Soviet Union of obstructing search and rescue operations.[6] The Soviet Armed Forces suppressed evidence sought by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) investigation, such as the flight recorders,[7] which were released ten years later, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[8]
The incident was one of the most tense moments of the Cold War and resulted in an escalation of anti-Soviet sentiment, particularly in the United States.
As a result of the incident, the United States altered tracking procedures for aircraft departing from Alaska. The interface of the autopilot used on airliners was redesigned to make it more ergonomic.[9] In addition, the incident was one of the most important events that prompted the Reagan administration to allow worldwide access to the United States Global Positioning System (GPS).