| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 01, 1983 |
| Time: | 18:26 |
| Location: | Near Sakhalin Island, Russia |
| Operator: | Korean Airlines |
| Flight #: | 007 |
| Route: | Anchorage - Seoul |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-747-230B |
| Registration: | HL-7442 |
| cn / ln: | 20559/186 |
| Aboard: | 269 (passengers:246 crew:23) |
| Fatalities: | 269 (passengers:246 crew:23) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | On a flight from Alaska to South Korea, the airliner drifted off course and twice penetrated Soviet airspace. During the second penetration, the airliner was shot down by a Russian Su-15 Air Force fighter with air-to-air missiles. The aircraft crashed into international waters in the Sea of Japan. U.S. Representative from Georgia Lawrence McDonald killed. |
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