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Originally Posted by klinton
except that Korean one of course in 80s. thx Andropov !
ps. USSR I mean of course
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No, no and no.
1) It was not Russia. It was the Soviet Union and there was a Cold War.
2) The plane has been took down and there was no mistake. It was intercepted and escorted, because it has gone a wrong way. The crew has rejected to communicate on radio. So it was took down and once again, it was not a mistake like "oops". It was an absolutely knowingly action. It maybe a surprise for you, but today the magazines like "Popular Mechanics" say that the plane was guided from the US base in Alaska to light up the Soviet anti-aircraft systems (the Americans just used those Korean civilians). So it definitely was not a mistake. The crew has been warned many times and asked to get back on its course before the plane was shot down.
3) This is how a pure mistake does look like:
Iran Air Flight 655 and it was not Russia... and not the Soviet Union.