How An Airliner Was SHOT DOWN - KAL 007

On 1 September 1983, a routine civilian flight drifts into the centre of the Cold War. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 departs New York bound for Seoul, but somewhere over the vast emptiness of the Pacific, the aircraft slowly strays off course. Hours later, the Boeing 747 enters one of the most heavily defended airspaces on Earth — the Soviet Far East. What follows is a chain of navigation errors, miscommunication, and rising geopolitical tension that ends in one of the most controversial shoot-downs in aviation history. In this documentary, we examine the full story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007: – The aircraft and crew – The navigation system and how the error went unnoticed – Soviet air defences and interceptor response – The final moments of the flight – The international fallout and lasting consequences Using official investigation findings, radar data, and historical context, this video explores how a single mistake escalated into a global crisis — and how Flight 007 would go on to change aviation navigation forever. All photo and video footage is used under fair use law, and credit given where possible All research is done myself to the best of my ability, however, mistakes or errors may occur on occasion CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Cylinder Four and CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3....