Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Behind the Scenes Newsroom Footage - 1983

Definitely appreciate how people look and talk those times

I was in the Military and Stationed in W. Germany. I was a NCOIC of a Commcenter, was working the Graveyard shift when the “Flash” Msg came across and Announced the “Downing” KAL 007. We were put on “Alert” The moment I received the Msg and had the “OIC” come down to the Center and read the Msg. I am old Now but I remember like it was yesterday.

This was the second Korean Airlines plane shot down by the Russians. in April 1978 KAL 902 was shot down while violating Russian airspace. Two people died in that event as the plane was able to cash land on a frozen lake.

~5:00 he said we need to get the information out fast but also said that the most important thing is to give our audience the best and most accurate information... idk

The thumbnail looks like something from the movie AIRPLANE!

Those who refer to themselves as "journalists" need to view this, take lessons from this operation, and create a "go/no-go protocol", then follow it. Of course, this is a pipe dream, and true journalism died with this era of reporters, anchors, general managers, and editors. While not minoring in journalism, I did complete enough classes to allow me to 'stick my nose into the tent', should flying/engineering not work out for me. I still remember Professor Mancuso's "we, they, them us" lecture; "write the story, then scrub anything painting your view as non-objective". Like this ever happens now.... I was a KC-135(R) co-pilot at the time; our aircraft was repositioned to Kadena (Okinawa), then Clark (Philippines), then to Osan, for a month after things cooled down. I've seen a few clips over the decades, which covered the international incident, but never anything this substantial. Well done!!

Fascinating stuff. Love studying Soviet and US history, Cold War in particular.

I remember when I was a teenager in late 80's, I bought a VHS movie called "Shootdown (1988)" Starring Angela Lansbury its about the Korean Airlines Flight 007 disaster.

Great video.

I was 15 (short infront of my 16 Birthday) and I couldn't believe that the Russian shoot down the 747. After many years later I saw a documentry about it. In this Doc they explain exsactly the Story behind it. Ist was a very sad times. Back then we thought that a third world war would break out. Good haven it was not happen.

My uncle died on that plane. The more I look, the darker it gets.

Why does Russia get so much leniency for shooting down civilian flights?

im told a ufo shot it down

As a pilot, I most of all do not understand one of the most important facts that has not been disclosed. Okay, you can make a mistake in piloting, in programming the navigation system, you can lose contact, yes, anything can happen, but when a fighter intercepts you and does not react, it's just suicide. All laws, rules and actions during interception have been prescribed for a long time. How can you start trying to break away from intercepting a fighter ?? This is a direct violation of everything that is possible, including sound logic. Just imagine that an Iranian Boeing is flying tomorrow and entering Israeli airspace while trying to slow down during interception, does not respond to communication and pretends that everything is normal. From my point of view, Pilots are simply suicidal.

He was my Congressman and my birthday was the day after the story broke (9/2) - I knew the family, dated his nephew for years. No doubt this was an intentional assassination that took out 245 additinal passengers and 23 crew members as 'collateral damage'. The Deepstate did this - not USSR. The Deepstate Hydra/CIA - the hidden hand that controls military and governments worldwide. They did this without telling Central Office and forced leadership to own it. McDonald was not scheduled on this flight - he took at the last minute and changed flights to save taxpayers a few dollars on airfare. This was a deepstate 187.

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I was a kid when this happened. I remember we thought there was going to be a nuclear war! I think there almost was 😲

i found it on the google it

Absolutely outstanding content, back before political bias in news. If this were today they'd be talking about how to blame the shoot down on Trump.