Yesterday’s tragic and appalling shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed some 290 people, reminds all of us of KAL 007. On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 strayed off course into Soviet air space, and Soviet air defense forces shot it down west of Sakhalin Island, killing all 269 people aboard.  … Continue reading (W)Archives: “Attention Emergency Descent” – From KAL 007 to MH 17?