Ronald Reagan on Korean Air Lines Flight 007

Title

Ronald Reagan on Korean Air Lines Flight 007

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Sep 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

US President Ronald Reagan on the shooting down of a South Korean airliner (Korean Air Lines Flight 007) by Soviet jet interceptors after it strayed into Soviet airspace due to a navigational error (01/09/83).

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Civil aviation; Deaths; USSR; International relations; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Aviation; Civil aircraft; Civilians; South Korea; Korean Air Lines

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