September 1, 1983 South Korean airliner by the Soviet missile hit, killed 269 people

September 1, 1983, South Korea, Korean Air 007 aircraft missile shot down by Soviet Air Force.

According to June 15, 1993, the South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman announced that the cause of the incident have been identified. International Civil Aviation Organization on June 14, 1993 in Montreal, Canada held the first 139 on the Governing Council, announced the Korean Air 007 aircraft from the route of the reasons for the final investigation report. The report contains an analysis found that 007 did not make use of aircraft flight inertial navigation system, but to use the compass direction of 245 fixed in flight, resulting from the original route.

The plane Sakhalin island in the air, and the former Soviet Union air missile was shot down. On board 269 passengers and crew members all died. The spokesman also said, through the International Civil Aviation Organization investigate this incident, reaffirmed the ban on the use of civilian aircraft weapons fundamental principles of international law.

August 19, 1993, the South Korean government through the Russian embassy in Korea to the Russian government handed over to the Russian government, including the requirements of the 10 former Soviet fighter shot down a Korean airliner and the loss of life and property compensation for a letter. This is the first time the South Korean government official to the Russian government demands for compensation on the incident. This letter does not make specific amount of compensation, but suggested that South Korea and Russia for consultations on the issue of compensation. According to Statistics South Korea Korean Air, the incident caused casualties for the loss of 15 million U.S. dollars, aircraft, and an operating loss of 84 million U.S. dollars.

August 30, 1993, the Russian director of the Office of the President, the Boeing 747 aircraft incident Chairman of the National Commission for La Tuofu authority announced that the Soviet Union shot down a Korean airliner responsibility. Units damaged but a series of navigational rules and the unfortunate coincidence of circumstances led to the aircraft was shot down. He said that this was from Russia, the United States, South Korea, and other five countries of the 50 senior experts conducted a half-year after a detailed study to draw conclusions.

La Tuofu charges that the aircraft deviated from route 250 miles can not be accidental that this is undermining the prevailing rules and regulations and directives of the results. On the other hand, the Soviet air defense system has been tracking the aircraft more than two hours, but at night can not determine the conditions for passenger flights and mistaken for a reconnaissance aircraft. Far East Military District Command under the Ministry of National Defense General Staff Headquarters of the Soviet Union on the aircraft to take compulsory measures and instructions for the attack was justified. Missile test in the closed area, opened fire on the aircraft is issued without prior warning. He also said that the Committee did not have sufficient material to confirm that the aircraft reconnaissance flights to the conclusion, but business is skilled in navigation units in a series of serious errors committed by the "embarrassing."

In the end is how the case » January 5, 1997, "Global Times" published a report "I shot down a Korean Air 007 plane," may reveal what point. One wrote:

September 1, 1983, Korean Air 007 plane flights from hundreds of kilometers into the territory of the Soviet Union's most sensitive secrets over the base, the results were shot down, 269 people on board all of life to the Huangquan. This is called the greatest tragedy of the Cold War period (Yeltsin).