Downed Boeing 1983. The tragedy of the Korean Boeing: what really happened

Finding out the true background of the events that happened exactly thirty years ago in the night sky over Sakhalin and the Sea of Okhotsk is just as difficult as proving and confirming the truth of the American landings on the Moon. In both cases, behind the apparent simplicity and irrefutability of the version persistently promoted by the West, something completely different is visible...

Meanwhile, it is necessary to figure it out, despite all the obvious inconsistencies. After all, the 1983 incident became a convenient pretext for Washington and its allies to unleash another paranoid-hysterical campaign against the USSR and contributed to the unity of the anti-communist bloc. President Ronald Reagan found another reason to confirm his earlier thesis about the USSR as an “evil empire,” a term he borrowed from the movie “Star Wars.” Part of the Soviet elite was so frightened by the Western propaganda attack that two years later they voted with both hands for the coming to power of the favorite of our geopolitical rivals, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Once again, it makes no sense to talk in detail about the events of September 1983: the number of newspaper publications about the downed South Korean Boeing number in the thousands, books have been written about it and films have been made. Let me just remind you that the most important accusation against us is the disproportionate use of force against the civilian airliner of the South Korean airline Korian Airlines, which was flying on the first day of autumn 1983 on flight 007 New York - Anchorage - Seoul, as a result of which 269 passengers died and crew members.

But to this day, many facts work against the Western version of the “peaceful plane.” This is a significant deviation of the Boeing from its flight route of more than half a thousand kilometers, which began almost immediately after takeoff from Anchorage.

In response, we are told that the pilots simply made a mistake. But how many cases does history know when passenger planes with experienced pilots, who had flown this route more than once or twice before, went so far to the side?

And why did American air traffic control not warn the Korean pilots that they were flying on the wrong course?

There is still no clear answer to the question of why the “new” route of flight 007 ran over Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin - in other words, areas that were and still are strategically important for the defense of our country. Again they object: what kind of information could a civilian aircraft collect if everything is already visible from satellites? Well, firstly, not everything is noticeable from orbit through the veil of the earth’s atmosphere even now. And, secondly, one of the possible purposes of a possible invasion of our airspace was to collect data on the organization of Soviet air defense systems, which were forced to work against the intruder.

Another question that has not received a clear answer from the West is the synchronization of the flight of the South Korean aircraft with the American Ferret-D reconnaissance satellite and the American spy plane.

In addition, the incident occurred against the backdrop of ongoing provocations from Washington in 1983, which became insolent to the point that it even authorized a simulated bombing of one of our military airfields in the Kuril Islands.

And the main question, which has no answer: how could the Corian Airlines pilots not see the Soviet military aircraft next to them, which indicated its presence by swaying its wings and warning fire. Not only that, they also tried to leave by occupying a higher echelon.

Suspicions intensify even more when you find out that back in April 1978, another Corian Airlines flight 902, flying from Paris to Seoul via the same Anchorage, also “got lost” and, probably, quite accidentally appeared in the sky above our other the most important region - the Kola Peninsula. He was forced to land, after completing the formalities, the passengers were released, the pilots were not punished, but were expelled from the Soviet Union. This is a fairly well-known fact, but few of us know that in 1992, one of the authoritative South Korean magazines published an article containing confessions by the captain of that same Korian Airlines flight of having connections with the CIA. It was on the eve of Boris Yeltsin’s trip to Seoul, when he handed over the “black boxes” of flight 007 - maybe no one told him that, in connection with the above-mentioned publication, it was advisable to postpone such a ceremony for a more detailed study of the issue.

The presence of the special services was very strongly felt in the incident over Sakhalin. The Boeing commander, Chung Byung-in, was once the personal pilot of the South Korean ruler, Park Chung-hee.

Working with the top officials of the state implies a mandatory procedure for undergoing verification by the intelligence services, and even, rather, long-term cooperation with them. However, both then and today, South Korean intelligence cannot be completely independent in its actions - it is in the same harness with the Americans. But that's not all. The influential South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo then published a report about the landing of an allegedly downed Boeing on Sakhalin, citing CIA data. But it is not customary to talk about such cooperation between journalists and intelligence services, especially foreign ones.

There is also a statement posted on the Internet by an American woman, whose father, a career intelligence officer, did not board flight 007 literally ten minutes before departure - on the advice of his colleagues. But the most amazing thing is the writings of Western “writers” who say that in fact the Boeing was not shot down, but was only forced to land on the territory of the island administrative-territorial unit of the USSR. When asked about the fate of the passengers, a simple answer is given: they are being held in the Gulag, because special “secret” camps are still preserved in Siberia. Cases of telephone calls to relatives made by those who should have died thirty years ago are cited as “evidence”. For example, an engineer servicing electronic systems on board a Korean airliner unexpectedly called his mother, but only had time to inform him that everything was fine with him, after which he immediately hung up. There were also reports that Boeing passengers were often met by their acquaintances, but those “resurrected” pretended that they had identified themselves.

This means that the version of “informed sources” that, in fact, instead of a passenger Boeing, an American reconnaissance plane similar in shape was shot down also has a right to exist. The liner was landed at an American military base in Japan, and all passengers were given new identification cards and good monetary compensation, while being ordered to remain silent. If so, then Westerners understand well that sooner or later the bag will come out of the bag, and then a huge scandal will be inevitable. To avoid it, fables about the “active Gulag” were launched.

Several other similar cases dating back to 1983 speak in favor of the fact that the Boeing incident was well orchestrated.

The most resonant was the assassination attempt on the South Korean dictator-president Chung Doo-hwan during his visit to Burma in early October, which was called in Japanese and South Korean sources as the “Aung San Tomb Incident.” Let me briefly remind you: Chun Doo Hwan, according to protocol, was supposed to visit the mausoleum in honor of the founder of independent Burma in the capital of this state. For some unknown reason, the President was late, sending his ambassador to this country to the ceremony site in advance. However, an explosion occurred near the mausoleum, killing about thirty people, including the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Energy. Judging by a photo taken just minutes before the incident, representatives of South Korea's top political establishment were lined up waiting for their boss.

After the incident, the Burmese military caught two supposedly North Korean agents, who, as part of a sabotage group, allegedly carried out this terrorist act. Everything seems to fit, right down to the physical evidence, and there are captured perpetrators. But why has no one bothered to clearly explain the reason for Chun Doo-hwan’s lateness to the memorial cemetery, to explain how North Korean agents could have entered the territory of the tomb, which was guarded by about two hundred security personnel of the South Korean president, not counting the Burmese security forces, and planted two mines there? enormous explosive force. And why was the North Korean merchant ship, from which a group of saboteurs allegedly landed, located in the port of Colombo from October 4 to October 11, that is, far from the scene of the incident. And why would Chon Doo-hwan, upon returning to Seoul, not remove either the head of the intelligence service or the head of his own security from his posts. Yes, supposedly North Korean agents were caught, but who can guarantee that these are not South Korean intelligence officers who received the task of posing as “brothers” from the North? However, no one has published photographs of these people yet. And there was no reason for the North Koreans to “run into” a scandal that resulted in a severance of diplomatic relations with Burma, a country with which trade was very profitable for both Pyongyang and Rangoon. Now, decades later, these two countries are again drawn to each other like magnets, motivated by anti-Western sentiments. However, a year before this, the South Koreans claimed that they wanted to kill their leader - it’s clear who - in Canada. This already looks like paranoia.

An even more mysterious incident occurred in August of the same 1983, when in the Sea of Japan the South Korean warship Gangwon allegedly sank a high-speed North Korean reconnaissance ship. More precisely, this was done by a helicopter taking off from the ship with an AC-12 missile, which, according to the South Koreans, is intended for firing at ground targets. It’s strange, there is no information about the successful use of AC-12 in the Sea of Japan anywhere else except in South Korean sources. Versions of what happened also differ. According to one of them, the South Koreans stepped onto the deck of a stricken ship, according to another, it simply sank, and again not a single photograph. But as evidence, a helicopter was put on public display, the fuselage of which was decorated with the sign of a destroyed enemy warship. “Substantial” evidence, of course.

I believe that in the case of Boeing, the Americans pursued not only the goal of finding out the details of the functioning of the Soviet air defense system, but also wanted to prevent a rapprochement between Seoul and Moscow.

The South Korean dictator, General Park Chung-hee (president of the country in 1963-1979), apparently was very burdened by his total dependence on Washington. Therefore, whenever possible, he looked for “exits” to Moscow. One of the first signs is gratitude to the Soviet leadership for the quick resolution of the issue with the passengers and crew of flight 902, made, I note, in the complete absence of diplomatic relations. This line was continued under the next military ruler, Chung Doo-hwan, at that time South Korean walkers who also had American or Japanese citizenship, having received a visa, visited our foreign policy department to persuade us to improve relations with Seoul. After the Boeing incident, these visits to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ended, South Korea was overwhelmed by a wave of anti-Soviet hysteria...

Special for the Centenary

Once again, it makes no sense to talk in detail about the events of September 1983: the number of newspaper publications about the downed South Korean Boeing number in the thousands, books have been written about it and films have been made. Let me just remind you that the most important accusation against us is the disproportionate use of force against a civilian airliner of the South Korean airline Korian Airlines, flying on the first day of autumn 1983 on flight 007 New York - Anchorage - Seoul, as a result of which 269 passengers died and crew members.

In response, we are told that the pilots simply made a mistake. But how many cases do you know when passenger planes with experienced pilots, who had flown this route more than once or twice before, went so far to the side?

And why did American air traffic control not warn the Korean pilots that they were flying on the wrong course?

The presence of the special services was very strongly felt in the incident over Sakhalin. The Boeing commander, Chung Byung-in, was once the personal pilot of the South Korean ruler, Park Chung-hee.

Several other similar cases dating back to 1983 speak in favor of the fact that the Boeing incident was well orchestrated.
The most resonant was the assassination attempt on the South Korean dictator-president Chung Doo-hwan during his visit to Burma in early October, which was called in Japanese and South Korean sources as the “Aung San Tomb Incident.” Let me briefly remind you: Chun Doo Hwan, according to protocol, was supposed to visit the mausoleum in honor of the founder of independent Burma in the capital of this state. For some unknown reason, the President was late, sending his ambassador to this country to the ceremony site in advance. However, an explosion occurred near the mausoleum, killing about thirty people, including the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Energy. Judging by a photo taken just minutes before the incident, representatives of South Korea's top political establishment were lined up waiting for their boss.

On September 1, 1983, a South Korean Boeing 747 was shot down in the sky over Sakhalin while flying over the territory of the USSR. There were 269 passengers on board. This incident is rightfully considered one of the most mysterious in the history of civil aviation.

They say that the creators of the series Lost were inspired by the mysterious circumstances of the death of the Korean Boeing. And this is not surprising: the intriguing events and facts related to this disaster would be enough for more than one series.

The Soviet military had no doubt that the plane was on a reconnaissance mission. He walked without identification signals, deviating 500 km from the route. As a result, the Soviet military command interrupted flight KAL-007 exactly over the Sakhalin village of Pravda with the help of a Su-15 fighter. However, we still don’t know whether this is true.

The next episode would be a good prelude to a series like Lost. About two hours before Flight KAL-007 entered Soviet airspace, U.S. civil ground control controllers exchanged the following words: “Hey guys, there's someone approaching the Russian air defense zone.” - “It can’t be, are you joking?” - “We need to warn him.”

This was clearly documented by the controllers' recordings. The question is, why was the crew of the South Korean airliner never warned?

Announced happy ending

Korean Airlines flight 007 on the route New York - Anchorage - Seoul was supposed to arrive at the Korean airport at around 6 o'clock in the morning. But he was late. At 7.20, representatives of Korean Airlines came out to the concerned greeters with a reassuring message that some unforeseen circumstances had arisen with the flight, but the airliner had fuel for another 3 hours, so there was nothing to worry about. Officials did not provide any further details. If those who greeted us lived in the United States and watched the seven o'clock ABC news, they would have learned a little more: for example, that the Korean Boeing flight 007 had disappeared from radar. True, it is unlikely that anyone would explain to you why American television crews were so concerned about the late Korean airliner.

Exactly at 10.00, when the Boeing’s fuel was already running out, all Korean news announced the words of the South Korean Foreign Minister: everything was fine with the plane, it made an emergency landing on Sakhalin, the crew and passengers were completely safe. And an hour later, the vice-president of Korean Airlines, Cho, who was just setting off to return the passengers of flight 007 home, personally addressed the greeters: “In less than 24 hours, these problems will be solved, and I promise to deliver them to you.”

At the same time, some details of the incident were announced in the news: allegedly the flight was forcibly landed by the Soviet Air Force on Sakhalin. Of course, this could not help but irritate the Koreans, but nevertheless the anxiety disappeared: many of those who greeted us went home with peace of mind. But the soul did not remain calm for long...

An hour later, the Soviet Foreign Ministry informed the Japanese embassy in Moscow (the USSR had no diplomatic relations with South Korea) that Flight 007 had not landed on Sakhalin, and Soviet officials had no information about the whereabouts of the plane.

Airing after death

A couple of days later, the Soviet Union officially admitted that its air defense forces had shot down a plane that had violated Soviet airspace and failed to respond to warnings. Even the exact time was set - 22.26 local time. However, there are documented recordings of the pilots of flight KAL-007, which appeared on the air 50 minutes after the destruction by the Soviet fighter. Moreover, they did not give any signals for help. This gave rise to the version that the Soviet pilot shot down some other plane, probably an American reconnaissance plane RC-135, which looks very similar to a Boeing 747. It is interesting that Gennady Osipovich, the pilot of the Su-15 that shot down the airliner, was sure that his target was a non-civilian aircraft. In particular, Osipovich expresses doubt that such a large aircraft as the Boeing 747 could have been shot down by just two R-60 missiles that he fired at it.

It is curious that the missing bodies of the victims aroused the imagination of some American journalists: a version appeared in the Western press that the Soviet military burned the bodies in the crematorium to cover their tracks.

But let's turn to direct evidence. One of the Soviet divers who took part in the search recalled: “I didn’t miss a single descent. I have a very clear impression: the plane was filled with garbage, and there were no people there. Why? Well, if a plane crashes, even a small one. As a rule, there should be suitcases, handbags, or at least handles from suitcases... But there were things that, I think, normal people should not carry on a plane. Well, let’s say, a roll of amalgam looks like it came from a garbage dump... All the clothes look like they came from a landfill - pieces were torn out of them... We’ve been working for almost a month! ...There were few wearable things - jackets, raincoats, shoes - very few. And what they found was some kind of rags!”

All this gave reason to say that the airliner discovered several weeks after the disaster was a falsification.

“Evidence” that sailed to the Japanese islands

A week after the disappearance of the airliner, small fragments of the Boeing, pieces of skin, and the remains of luggage washed up on the coast of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. Experts have put forward a version that the “material evidence” was brought to Japan by current from the area of Soviet Sakhalin, where the airliner was shot down. True, there was one “but”. The fact is that in September 1983 in the Sakhalin region there was not a single current that would drive waves from south to north. Detailed weather reports stated that the strong wind was blowing in the completely opposite direction. In other words, the plane's wreckage could have reached Japan only from the south, but not from the north.

"Crime against humanity"

US President Ronald Reagan, upon learning of the sinking of the South Korean airliner, called the incident “a crime against humanity that should never be forgotten.” Moreover, Washington had its own account of the actions of the Soviet air defense, since American Congressman Larry McDonald, a temperamental anti-communist and a very promising politician, died in the disaster. However, for unknown reasons, the insult was forgotten by the American side very quickly. George Shultz, the US Secretary of State, initially took up the case with great enthusiasm: a group of the best investigators from the Transportation Security Administration was sent to Alaska to investigate the tragedy. However, just a few days later, investigators returned to Washington without starting an investigation.

Two weeks before the disaster

The Americans' loss of interest in the fate of flight KAL-007 coincided with the news that a South Korean passenger plane with tail number NL-7442 was at Washington's Andrews Air Force Base for three days - from August 11 to 14, 1983. It is at this airbase, by the way, that the American presidential airliner, “USA Air Force One,” is still based. It is interesting that the technological maintenance of the South Korean aircraft at Andrews was carried out in the hangar of a company that supplied special electronic equipment. It only remains to add that it was the plane with the number HK-7442 that would make the ill-fated flight on September 1, 1983 with the dissonant and at the same time symbolic name -KAL-007...

35 years ago, on September 1, 1983, a South Korean Boeing 747 on flight 007 from San Francisco to Seoul was shot down by a Soviet fighter over the Sea of Okhotsk.

The plane invaded the closed airspace of the USSR, where it was shot down by a fighter plane and crashed southwest of Sakhalin Island. No one survived the crash. The downed plane turned out to be a Boeing 747-230B of the South Korean airline Korean Air, operating flight No. 007, carrying 246 passengers and 23 crew members on the route New York - Seoul (with refueling in Anchorage), which deviated 500 kilometers from the course. The main versions of the reasons for what happened are a mistake by the pilots and a provocation on the part of the US intelligence services.
There are many scattered unexplained facts, unconfirmed or subjective evidence, conflicting statements and rumors associated with Flight 007, which are an excellent breeding ground for doubts and alternative theories.
The incident caused a serious deterioration in the already difficult relations between the USSR and the USA.
Historical context
After the entry of USSR troops into Afghanistan and the election of US President Ronald Reagan, a new round of the Cold War began. By September 1983, the military situation in the Far East was extremely tense. That spring, three US carrier strike groups conducted multi-day exercises near Kamchatka. On April 4, 6 A-7 aircraft in the area of the Green Island of the Lesser Kuril Ridge entered the airspace of the USSR to a depth of 2 to 30 km above the territorial waters of the USSR and carried out a conditional bombing over the territory of the island, making several approaches to attack ground targets.
Incident details
The Boeing 747-230B (registration number HL7442), owned by the South Korean airline Korean Air, was operating a scheduled flight from New York to Seoul. The plane took off from New York on August 31, then landed in Anchorage to refuel. On September 1 at 3:00 local time (13:00 GMT) it took off from Anchorage and headed for Seoul. There were 246 passengers and 23 crew members on board. The flight route was supposed to pass over the Pacific Ocean east of Kamchatka, then over Japan, skirting the territory of the USSR. However, almost from the very beginning of the flight, the plane began to deviate from the intended route to the west. It violated USSR airspace and flew over Kamchatka, then left Soviet airspace and, flying over the Sea of Okhotsk, again violated the border over Sakhalin. The maximum deviation from the usual route reached 500 kilometers.

There were military installations in the areas over which the Boeing flew, and flights of foreign aircraft in this area were prohibited. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to intercept the intruder aircraft. At 18:26 GMT, on orders from the ground, one of the Su-15 fighters (pilot Gennady Osipovich) shot down the airliner with missiles. The plane crashed near Moneron Island. Everyone on board died.

[...Su-15 pilot Gennady Osipovich received a command from the ground:

— The target violated the state border. The goal is to destroy.
“I turned on the afterburner,” says the retired lieutenant colonel, “the missile heads began to blink. And suddenly in headphones:
— Put aside the destruction! Reach the target's altitude and force it to land.
And I’m already approaching the intruder from below. Having equalized the speed, it began to blink. But he doesn't react.
“Give warning bursts,” rushes from the ground.
Fired four bursts, expended more than two hundred shells. What's the point! After all, I have armor-piercing ones, not incendiary ones. And hardly anyone can see them at all...
- But it was reported by our newspapers, citing “official sources”, that the warning shots were fired with incendiary - luminous, tracer - shells...
- It is not true. I simply didn’t have such charges. That's why I released armor-piercing ones.
- But in this case, you really (and this is what foreign experts claim) could not have been seen by the pilots of someone else’s plane?
“I have no doubt that I was noticed.” They noticed my blinking. The pilots' reaction was clear - they soon reduced speed. Now they were going about 400 kilometers per hour. And I have more than 400 - I simply could not go at a lower speed. In my opinion, the offender’s calculation would be simple: if I don’t want to fall into a tailspin, I’ll be forced to get past them. That's what happened...We have already flown over the island: it is narrow in this place. And the target was about to leave me. And at this time it rushes from the ground:
- The goal is to destroy!...
It's easy to say - destroy. But how? Guns?! But I've already used up 243 shells. Ram? I've always had a bad attitude towards such things. Ramming is the last chance. I even managed to perform my maneuver just in case - I’ll climb on top and sit on it. But then the thought appeared by itself - I fell 2 thousand down... Fast and Furious. He turned on the rockets and moved his nose offhand. Happened! I see: there is a seizure...]

From an interview with Gennady Osipovich:

“I can’t say with 100% accuracy that it was the Boeing that I shot at.” It was early morning, visibility was poor. And yet I saw a double row of window lights, and what other plane could it be then? Having received the order to destroy, I fired two missiles at him. One exploded right under the engine, the second - under the belly. I didn’t see it fall - I reported that the missiles had hit the target and returned to base...

Planned and actual route of the “Korean Boeing”

Reaction in the world
The actions of the Soviet Union caused a wave of indignation and protest in the West. American President Ronald Reagan called the incident “a crime against humanity that should never be forgotten,” “an act of barbarity and inhuman cruelty,” and called the USSR an “evil empire.”
Subsequently, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, Federal Aviation Administration) banned Aeroflot flights to America. The ban remained in force until April 1986.
President Reagan also stated that once development was completed, the GPS navigation system would be freely available for civilian purposes such as air navigation.
This incident was filmed and was repeatedly cited by Western politicians as an example of the “inhumane” military doctrine of the USSR. This practice ended on July 3, 1988, when the American cruiser Vincennes shot down an Iran Air passenger plane with 290 passengers on board over the Persian Gulf.

Such evidence leaves some doubt about the identification of the Boeing as a passenger flight used by some researchers. At the same time, this evidence is unreliable and subjective, and there is no information about any objective examinations or the availability of material evidence in this regard.
International investigations
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conducted two investigations: one immediately after the crash and the other eight years later - after, on the instructions of President B. N. Yeltsin, copies of all the “black box” records and copies were transferred to ICAO in early 1993 all negotiations between command posts in the Far East on the night of August 31 to September 1. Both panels concluded that the most likely cause of the flight path deviation was that KAL007's pilots had incorrectly configured the autopilot and then failed to perform proper checks to verify the current position. That is, the violation of USSR airspace was unintentional, and in fact the Korean airliner did not participate in the reconnaissance operation. This conclusion suggests complete incompetence or gross negligence of the Korean crew and is questioned by some experts.
On November 7, 1988, the US District Court for the District of Columbia refused to limit the cap on compensation sought by relatives of American passengers from Korean Air. The court found that the provisions of the Warsaw Convention limiting this limit could not be applied, since the actions of the pilots contained signs of willful misconduct. The court pointed out, in particular, that after the incident with the South Korean Boeing in 1978, the company's pilots should have been familiar with the methods of operation of Soviet interceptors.

Korean Boeing 1983

This case was included in World history. Above Sakhalin on the night of September 1, 1983 was shot down Korean passenger airplane Boeing 747. Airplane belonged to the state South Korea and flew Flight 007, New York - Anchorage - Seoul. Western the media was stated what's on board Korean Boeing shot down in 1983 was 269 passengers, not to mention crew members. The passengers included US citizens. Among the dead was US Congressman Larry MacDonald, who was active critic of the USSR. ALL THE TRUTH was about this flight known only TO A SMALL GROUP OF PENTAGON STAFF.

American President Ronald Reagan immediately after he was shot down over Sakhalin, he announced to the whole world that USSR in your fight for influence in the world can even use methods such as, destruction of passenger aircraft such as Korean Boeing shot down in 1983 year. After this statement American President swept across the progressive world thousands of protest demonstrations these countries. Peoples countries from America to Japan demanded accept drastic measures in relation to to the USSR. All The world shook. First after the Cuban missile crisis appeared again the specter of nuclear war!

American intelligence always paid Special attention maintaining electronic intelligence, especially using aviation. Beginning since 1945 years began regular reconnaissance flying over the territory of the USSR and him allies.

Long before shot down Korean Boeing in 1983, beginning from the late 50's years of the last century, American aerial reconnaissance started using new method conducting reconnaissance. Simultaneously with the advent of the passenger jet aircraft Boeing 707, from American air reconnaissance there was a plane built based on Boeing 707. Respectively reconnaissance aircraft looked like on the radar screen as a passenger airplane . reconnaissance plane, unarmed deliberately invaded the territory of the USSR to a certain depth in order to detect operating parameters locators air defense, and then in a hurry was leaving back abroad! Later in the same capacity and for the same purpose an airplane was also used Boeing 747, How Korean Boeing, shot down over Sakhalin in 1983!

On the night of August 31st to September 1st, 1983 years the events happened like this. At 20 hours 3 minutes Moscow time time on Far Eastern radars Air defense an aerial object similar to American intelligence airplane R.C.-135. Intruder plane crossed the border exactly in the place where the Soviet strategic bombers were returning from educational tasks! Korean Boeing 1983 of the year definitely bypassed Soviet air defense zones, obviously knowing their location, and it turned out over the territory where was it located base Soviet strategic submarines!

To intercept the offenders were raised two Su-15 fighters And MiG-23. Define what kind of plane is it intruder, only succeeded from very close range! Fighters identified it as an airplane similar to Tu-16. Fighters served precautionary shots, but Korean Boeing over Sakhalin in 1983 no way this year didn't react on them and did not answer to inquiries according to emergency international radio frequency.

After precautionary shots Korean Boeing over Sakhalin in 1983 made several complex air maneuvers, including sharply slowed down to 400 kilometers per hour. Apparently, Korean Boeing pilots, intruder into airspace USSR in 1983, exactly knew that soviet fighter Su-15 at this speed may become unstable in flight! To the Soviet pilot Osipovich given order to shoot down intruder plane! Osipovich reported to the ground that rocket launch produced , airplane shot down!

Western intelligence recorded negotiations Soviet pilot with command post! Downed in 1983 turned out to be a plane Korean Boeing 747, state-owned South Korea, followed on a spacecraft flightL 007.

Only through 4 hours this case became famous wide world community! IN Western media it was announced that 269 passengers died! This case worldwide was announced as attack on a defenseless civilian airplane! By around the world a wave rolled protests. E that case for good reason allowed to blame in hostility Soviet regime!

Let's try to reproduce details And details this ill-fated flight from the very beginning. IN 1983 August 30th Korean Boeing 747 takes off from New York airport named after Kennedy. The plane belonged to airlines, which was not a member of the association of international carriers, so tickets on this airline Sometimes cost about 3 times cheaper, than other airlines! Accordingly the airline saved on everything whatever was possible. The pilots chose the most shortest routes flight to save fuel.

WITH 1978 on Korean Boeing, owned by this airline in 1983 stood latest navigation INS devices(inertial navigation system) ! At this point there was a plane 3 such devices. With their help location aircraft is determined any time time very accurately with a maximum possible error of 5 meters and such an error is only possible for very specific conditions! Moreover, these devices connected to two autopilots and can fly a plane independently according to a given program! Also on this Korean Boeing V 1983 navigation was provided 2 compasses, 2 VHF radio beacon signal receivers, 2 ADF receivers with remote measuring devices and 2 weather radars!

Commander Korean Boeing shot down in 1983 was Chang Bin Ying, most experienced pilot. He was colonel South Korean stock BBC! His flight experience was more than 10,000 hours. Flight distance along this route was 11,400 kilometers. The flight was supposed to be standard.

August 31st V 14 hours 30 the plane makes minutes technical landing for refueling And crew changes V Anchorage. Things are starting to happen here some oddities! No explanation reasons Korean Boeing V 1983delayed by 40 minutes and then additionally poured 4 tons of fuel! That year it was only 3 cases, when the plane took off with full tanks fuel!

Around the same time near the Soviet border on Far East were detected American reconnaissance aircraft. Also in this moment close Soviet borders cruised 3 US Navy ship.

Approximately in 4 minutes after in 1983 took off Korean Boeing flight 007, permission for takeoff gets another one South Korean Boeing flight 015! Fact departure TWIN AIRPLANE, which will actually fly to Seoul, later there will be keep quiet!

To the commander 40th fighter aircraft divisions Far Eastern military district Anatoly Kornukov V 1983 received a message from operational duty officer, What Korean Boeing violated air border, goes west Kamchatka to the side Sakhalin. Kornukov ordered to raise three duty officers fighter for escort or destruction violator - it will become clear according to the situation.

A minute before air defense command received urgent message, What over Yakutsk passed American military satellite And at 3 hours 7 minutes he should come to the north parts Sakhalin.

In general, it should be noted that in 1983 in case of air border violation Korean Boeing in Kamchatka, Americans used all types of military techniques that were only possible in this case! This and space satellites And high altitude reconnaissance aircraft And sea ships and airplanes AWACS And ground radar stations. Everything was coordinated like powerful reconnaissance operation.

Sky in the area of the incident this night was cloudy. To intercept Korean Boeing V 1983 3 Soviet fighters took off. Them in advance was given command, confirm target - reconnaissance aircraft and destroy his! When approaching the goal Su-15 pilot Osipovich caught the intruder on sight, But In the first approaching shooting did not produce. On big distance, at night it is forbidden was exactly define, what kind of plane was it and besides Osipovich hoped What order to shoot down violator will be cancelled! Osipovich reported to the ground that Korean Boeing, USSR in 1983, does not respond to requests, gains altitude And slows down, determine target type due to poor visibility can't, goal goes to low speed!

The land gave Osipovich new indication Korean Boeing, airspace violator USSR in 1983, don't knock down A force landing! Osipovich released the rocket capture,slowed down and saw in front of me large airliner with illuminated portholes! Came in first on the left, gave the signal with lights And rocking. Then I did same thing on the right.Intruder no way didn't react to fighter signals received international aviation rules And did not respond to requests via the emergency channel communications ! At the pilot's Korean Boeing V 1983 was rigid attitude, disobey neither on which requirements strength Air defense of the USSR, even taking into account risk be shot down!

After that Osipovich gave an order for Korean Boeing, violating airspace USSR in 1983, open warning fire! After this warning shooting from guns at Osipovich in ammunition left Total 4 shells! Miss shooting from a cannon on a plane going on like this close distance, especially at night impossible!

After this precautionary shooting Korean Boeing, airspace violator USSR V 1983, reduced speed before 400 kilometers per hour, forcing Su-15 or go ahead or fall into a tailspin! Soviet ground services more tried go out get in touch with the intruder, but unsuccessfully!

To the violator was given not only passive role! At this time when Korean Boeing, airspace violator USSR in 1983, was approaching Sakhalin, appeared on air message, what the offender conveys encryption, above him, American satellite. In this encryption it was said that he observes clearly lying on depth up to 300 Soviet meters strategic submarines And takes pictures!

It was necessary take urgent action because the offender has already passed secret naval bases, and at Soviet fighters were running out of fuel. Kornukov gives an order Osipovich destroyKorean Boeing, violator in 1983 air space THE USSR!

Osipovich s did intense turn and went out to the rear hemisphere to the violator distance approximately 1,5 kilometer He immediately on devices caught fire capture information goals. Osipovich in one gulp released two rockets. One hit Vtail violator , other V left wing.

Shot down in 1983 Korean Boeing began to fall sharply. IN 6 hours 24 minutes Far Eastern time time the target has disappeared from locator screens. Exactly the place plane crash failed to fix neither ground services , nor fighters. All that was truly known was that it Strait of Tartary And approximate location falls !

After being shot down in 1983 Korean Boeing a new round of cold has begun wars between USSR and USA. Literally the next day The USSR was declared an evil empire. Relationship between USSR and USA heated up to the limit. Armed strength both countries are given in full combat mode readiness! In the area where the Korean Boeing crashed V 1983 are going US, USSR navies and them allies! Japanese Air Force announce Alarm gathering! Simultaneously unwinds with this anti-Soviet company. Pilot Osipovich appears as desperate cowboy, A Soviet military command as capable without hesitation click on nuclear button!

After in 1983 was shot down Korean Boeing USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs it turned out not ready to in a timely manner And confident defend interests of the USSR!Partly this happened because head of government at that time there was Yu.V.Andropov, that was mortally ill! Country leadership at the moment when he was shot down Korean Boeing V 1983 by and large say was missing! Soviet government, without understanding the details affairs, instead of in order to praise for doing the right thing air defense forces, Start it's unclear to make excuses! West clearly made sure that soviet government in such cases unable on correct actions! Was informational lost war!

After being shot down Korean Boeing V 1983, Western media did emphasis that the plane deviated from the correct route as a result of a data entry error into the on-board computer of the aircraft, that is into autopilot airplane! Wherein no one could explain How, Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 equipped with the most modern navigation devices, very controlled experienced pilot And accompanied ground dispatchers of several countries, deviated almost from the right route for 500 kilometers! Was it's impossible not to notice that the plane is flying wrong course during two and a half hours!

Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 flew by exactly above the Soviet secret military objects on Far East, there is also proof, what he deliberately had tried escape persecution Soviet air defense fighters, doing certain maneuvers in flight!

Even more clarify the circumstances of the case we could "black boxes" airplane . Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 fell in Tatar Strait at a depth of approximately 180 meters . Began search airplane . Soviet divers found the wreckage of the airliner first! Soviet Navy thrown into the sea 2 beacon, imitating signals "black boxes" far from the crash site, thereby directing Americans falsely I'm following!

Wreckage Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 turned out to be quite small and lying contentedly heap. Dimensions wreckage did not exceed 1.5-2 meters! Contrary to expectations were found remains approximately 35 people! Also A. Kornukov claims, What passengers V Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 or there wasn't at all or was, but obviously not 269 people!

Baggage, found on a downed plane, looked Very Weird! Glasses, powder compacts, empty women's bags - without contents, clothes attached to a cable, passports of missing passengers, packed in one PACK were found! All found on Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 personal belongings of passengers, fit in 6 boxes! All things raised from the bottom were transferred to South Korea, But relatives dead or considered dead passengers, these things are Have not received! This indicates that baggage, found on Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 above Strait of Tartary, was IMITATION.

Also later it turned out from the foreign press, that relatives supposedly dead passengers met them under other names! Apparently, passengers were LANDED IN ANCHORAGE And sent next by plane! On top of that, the Korean airline that owned Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983, obliged would be officially publish the list of dead passengers, A THIS WAS NOT DONE!

Now let us recall that he was detained in Anchorage on 40 minutes. This was necessary, among other things, to combine airplane flights And American satellite. The intruder flew by exactly above objects Air defense of the USSR And essentially revealed the air defense system of the USSR Far East! Those human remains that were found on the downed 1983 Korean Boeing, apparently, belong to ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE OPERATORS, which were on board this plane and did their job!

IN 1984 July 20th analyst American intelligence Ernie Bockman spoke on air independent English TV channel, which reported that as a result of the flight Korean Boeing V 1983 American intelligence received invaluable intelligence about the Soviet air defense of the Far East! To her managed achieve inclusion almost all communication objects who worked about 4 hours on an area of more than 18 000 square kilometers !

Today, methods of obtaining intelligence significantly have changed! By using new technologies created more advanced means observations. But manipulation of public opinion, as well as various provocations, to a certain extent are still used in modern politics!