Air Crash Investigation Target is Destroyed (Korean Air Lines Flight 007) part 5

During the Cold War, a Korean Air Lines red eye flight en-route to Seoul from New York via Anchorage strays over restricted Soviet airspace and is subsequently shot down, sparking an international controversy. An investigation reveals that the flight crew's failure to switch the autopilot from heading to INS mode following takeoff caused the flight to deviate from its assigned flight path and violate Soviet airspace.

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[sayebencisumeorang]

Lesson Learned: war is no good. the Iran Flight in 1988 and this Korea Airlines 1983 are just a piece of happiness that stupid soviet and ugly US army get after killing million people on the ground. peace, no war.

[rhodium666]

Human stupidity at its best. Applies to both parties but more so to the KAL pilots.

[Yurielkafa]

The American provocation?

[bigban1989]

Tragic series of misunderstanding... and blunders... tsk tsk tsk

[OnlineAutoAuctions]

@Mig29ABG yes i do know the answer comrade.  dont shoot and go next to the plane and tell him to land how is that fer ya?

[OnlineAutoAuctions]

@Mig29ABG duh not shoot

[OnlineAutoAuctions]

@Mig29ABG It is so good to correspond with the Eastern Block. Please tell us what were the 'punishments?'

[OnlineAutoAuctions]

Good ole Gnaddy = mass murderer

[MrMexicanmango]

fuck!! peace of shit russian pilot isopovich.!! still saying he is convinced it was a spy plane

[mustang19ms]

@rhodium666 everyone makes mistakes, you might have done worse mistakes if you were a pilot.. who knows.

[soco13466]

@Mig29ABG Bullshit. We've had Russian planes enter our airspace and didn't shoot them down. you fail.

[soco13466]

@rhodium666 And not to the Sovs. Ok.