Korean Air Lines Flight 007
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. On September 1, 1983, the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor aircr
HL7442, the aircraft involved, pictured in 1980
Congressman Larry McDonald, who was aboard Flight 007
A Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor
K-8 missile (the type fired at KAL 007) mounted on the wing of a Sukhoi Su-15
Sukhoi Su-15
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The Sukhoi Su-15 is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designe
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
…Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. On September 1, 1983, the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor aircraft. The Boeing 747-230B airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but owing to a navigational mistake made by the crew, the…
Su-15 Flagon A
Sukhoi Su-15
Su-15 Flagon C