Boeing 747-200 crash, Sep 1, 1983 (269 killed), Sakhalinsk

Boeing 747-200 accident on September 1, 1983 near Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia with 269 fatalities.

Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747-200 (HL7442), strayed far into Soviet airspace and was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island on 1 September 1983; all 269 aboard were killed.

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