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After 1983 Korean Air Lines shoot-down, a family is left to stew in uncertainty
On the morning after the shoot-down, Charisma LaFleur and her cousins sat themselves down in front of the TV because they ... each other’s arms. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 had just been shot ...
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On This Day In 1983: Scoop Jackson Dies; Soviets Shoot Down KAL 007
A Soviet fighter plane shoots down a Korean civilian airliner that kills 269 passengers. Among the Americans on the plane is Rep. Larry McDonald (D-GA), a fierce anti-Communist. Moscow insists ...
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The downing of Flight 007: 30 years later, a Cold War tragedy still seems surreal
The idea that Soviet fighter jets would shoot down a Boeing 747 airliner seems ... was about to board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 for Seoul, South Korea, halfway around the world.
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Malaysia plane shoot-down response recalls Soviet evasiveness after 1983 Korean jet downing
Those searching for the truth about what happened in the shoot-down of ... Flight 007. I was The Associated Press' Moscow bureau chief when a Soviet Sukhoi-15 fighter downed KAL 007 on Sept.