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KAL 007

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    Chun Doo Hwan in Office

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    Ronald Reagan in Office

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    Yuri Andropov in Office

  • Departure

    KAL 007 departs wth 269 passengers from JFK, refuels at Anchorage, heads to Gimpo, Korea.
  • ShootDown

    ShootDown

    KAL 007 is off course as soon as it leaves Anchorage and is shot down by Soviet jet. Soviet begins search for the plane's whereabouts.
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    Soviet Search

    Confined to 60 square mile area.
  • South Korean President Chun's Statement

    South Korean President Chun's Statement

    President Chun remarked the incident as an “Unpardonable and outrageous atrocity,” and further stated that “Soviets should apologize and take responsibility.”
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    Task Force 71 Search

    225 square miles outside Soviet water was searched, but found nothing. Done by the cooperation of US, Japan, and South Korea.
  • Ronal Reagan's Speech

    Ronal Reagan's Speech

    Ronald Reagan makes a speech of the KAl 007 incident.

  • First Soviet Civilian Divers

    First Soviet civilian divers claimed to have found no bodies and no luggages. Suggested that the Soviet military divers moved the plane wreckage with trawls.
  • Footwear Given

    Footwear Given

    Soviet General Romaneko hands footwear of 198 of 269 passengers to US and Japanese officials.

  • Black Box Found by Soviets

    Soviets found the black box, but concealed it from the world.
  • Dissolution of USSR

    Dissolution of USSR

  • US State Department Dismisses Possibilities of Survivors

  • Yeltsin Hands Blackboxes to President Roh Tae Woo

    Yeltsin Hands Blackboxes to President Roh Tae Woo

    Does not give the FDR tapes