1980s news clips - Korean airliner shot down

Title

1980s news clips - Korean airliner shot down

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

Sep 1983

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:49

Description

Radio messages released by the White House which show how the pilot of a Soviet fighter jet was in constant communication with a ground station during his pursuit and destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan (01/09/83). Male interpreter not identified. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Aircraft; USA; Air accidents; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Airlines; Korean Air Lines

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