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Korean Air 007 - 25 Years Tommorrow

Bmacleod From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 2092 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 1807 times:

Tomorrow will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet shoot-down of Korean Airlines 007.

While there has been great controversy surrounding this horrible tragedy, we must take time to remember the 269 lives lost in that event.

[Edited 2008-08-31 07:44:32]

The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.

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LAXdude1023 From Lebanon, joined Sep 2006, 6791 posts, RR: 24
Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1792 times:

If youre ready for a piece of irony, here it is.

Tomorrow is also my 25th Birthday.

My Dad always told stories about how when my mother was in labor, he and alot of others at the hospital were glued to the TV watching the news as it happened. He said there were lots of people crying. He actually was so glued to the TV that he wasnt in the room when I was born which my mother never forgave him for.

Its strange being born on a day when a horrific air related disaster took place. Especially being the plane nut that I am. Ive thought about those poor people every birthday since I was really young.

DFW Fan Boy: Im crude, irreverent, and blunt, but Im not clueless. I offer no apologies.

Bmacleod From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 2092 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1517 times:

I checked the passenger list showing 8 or 10 Canadians on board..I thought they were mostly American and Asian passengers....

Apparently the Soviets misidentified KE 007 for a spy plane...this has similarities to the US Navy shoot-down of an Iran Air A300 in 1988.

But there where indications that the Soviet pilot could clearly see it was a B747 civil airliner and fired on it anyway...

A terrible disaster that hopefully will never happen again...

The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.

WILCO737 From Greenland, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 8542 posts, RR: 78
Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1508 times:

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Quoting Bmacleod (Thread starter):
Tomorrow will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet shoot-down of Korean Airlines 007.

Time flies by so fast. Is it really 25 years ago already?

Quoting Bmacleod (Thread starter):
While there has been great controversy surrounding this horrible tragedy, we must take time to remember the 269 lives lost in that event.

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Simairlinenet From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 829 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1289 times:

My father was supposed to be on KAL 007, but switched to the Northwest Orient flight via NRT instead. I had not yet been born.

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