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Title: Newsweek Rewind: When Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Was Shot Down
Post by: 240B on July 17, 2014, 11:24:25 pm

 By Rob Verger (http://www.newsweek.com/authors/rob-verger)  Filed: 7/17/14 at 5:31 PM  | Updated: 7/17/14 at 5:46 PM

If it turns out that the Malaysia Airlines 777 (http://www.newsweek.com/report-malaysian-passenger-plane-down-ukraine-259465) that crashed in Ukraine was indeed shot down, it won’t be the first time a commercial airliner was downed by military action. The most infamous instance occurred in 1983: Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a jumbo jet carrying 269 people, was gunned down by a Sukhoi Su-15 fighter jet after straying into Soviet airspace.

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  http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-rewind-when-korean-air-lines-flight-007-was-shot-down-259653

Title: Re: Newsweek Rewind: When Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Was Shot Down
Post by: Atomic Cow on July 17, 2014, 11:27:13 pm

It's a lot more common than one might think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_incidents