The Soviet shootdown of Korean Air Lines flight 007 in September 1983 raised many disturbing questions. Many theories were developed to explain what happened and why. The book Shootdown by R.W. Johnson proposed that the airliner was part of a US sponsored intelligence operation. This study evaluates Johnson's thesis and logic and compares it to other investigations. The study concludes that flight 007 was not part of a US intelligence gathering mission and that it strayed off course as a result of a human error in navigation.


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    Title :

    Shootdown of KAL (Korean Air Lines) 007: Accident or Conspiracy


    Contributors:
    F. C. Barth (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English