1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown

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The 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown was a major Cold War incident in which a South Korean civilian airliner was destroyed by a Soviet fighter jet after straying into prohibited airspace, sharply escalating U.S.–Soviet tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War incident ⓘ
airliner shootdown ⓘ
aviation incident ⓘ
aftermath U.S. decision to make GPS available for civilian use ⓘ
intensified debate over airspace sovereignty ⓘ
aircraftOperator Korean Air Lines ⓘ
linked to: Korean Air
aircraftRegistration HL7442 ⓘ
aircraftType Boeing 747-230B ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 747-200B
airspaceViolated Soviet restricted airspace ⓘ
alsoKnownAs KAL 007 shootdown ⓘ
Korean Air Flight 007 incident ⓘ
blackBoxRecoveredBy Soviet Union ⓘ
category airliner shootdowns by military aircraft ⓘ
aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 ⓘ
cause navigation error leading to airspace violation ⓘ
shootdown by Soviet fighter aircraft ⓘ
countryInvolved South Korea ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
crew 23 ⓘ
date 1983-09-01 ⓘ
destinationAirport Gimpo International Airport ⓘ
fatalities 269 ⓘ
flightNumber KAL 007 ⓘ
KE007 ⓘ
interceptingAircraftType Sukhoi Su-15 ⓘ
linked to: Su-15
interceptingPilot Gennadi Osipovich ⓘ
investigatedBy International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ
location near Moneron Island, Sea of Japan ⓘ
west of Sakhalin Island ⓘ
nearbyMilitaryInstallations Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ
notableVictim Larry McDonald ⓘ
notableVictimOccupation U.S. Congressman ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative
occupants 269 ⓘ
originAirport John F. Kennedy International Airport ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
passengers 246 ⓘ
perpetrator Soviet Air Defence Forces ⓘ
politicalConsequence escalation of U.S.–Soviet tensions ⓘ
international condemnation of the Soviet Union ⓘ
route New York City–Anchorage–Seoul ⓘ
linked to: Seoul–New York
stopoverAirport Anchorage International Airport ⓘ
survivors 0 ⓘ
timeOfIncident around 18:26 UTC ⓘ
victimNationality American ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
South Korean ⓘ
year 1983 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Cold War → hasKeyEvent → 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown ⓘ
Murder in the Skies → inspiredBy → Korean Air Lines Flight 007 incident ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown
Murder in the Skies → inspiredBy → Korean Air Lines Flight 007 ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown → alsoKnownAs → KAL 007 shootdown ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown → alsoKnownAs → Korean Air Flight 007 incident ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown → flightNumber → KAL 007 ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown