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on september 1st, 1983, an airlines flight. as it headed from alaska west toward its final destination, that plane drifted into soviet airspace and a soviet fighter jet tracked the airliner as it headed back out toward international airspace. but before it could get there, that soviet fighter fired at the 747 with two missiles. the jet was hit. the jet fell into the sea of japan. all 269 people on board including a u.s. congressman from georgia were killed. and the soviets were totally unrepentant about that. they claimed that that korean civilian jet liner was actually an intruder spy plane into the soviet union. it wasn't a commercial plane. it certainly wasn't an asian one. it was a spy plane violating airspace to provoke the soviets or steal soviet secrets or both. nine days after that plane was shot down, nbc nightly news ran a remarkable lead story about those soviet claims that it was a spy plane including footage of

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it takes place among some of the worst airline incidents ever recorded. it comes 18 years to the day, that twa flight 800 crashed in 1986. that was a fuel tank explosion. but there's within examples of hostile actions taking down commercial jets. and we get more on that from nbc's kate snow. >> reporter: it was september 1st, 1983. the height of the cold war. >> the united states accused if soviet union of shooting down a jumbo jet. >> reporter: days later, president reagan addressed the nation. >> i'm coming to you tonight about the korean airline massacre. the attack by the soviet union against 269 innocent men, women and children, aboard an unarmed korean passenger plane. >> reporter: korean airlines flight 007 was supposed to fly from new york city to seoul, stopping over in anchorage, alaska. but it drifted offcourse and headed towards soviet air space. soviet jets fired warning shots

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united states now believes malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down yesterday by a surface-to-air missile launched from ukrainian territory controlled by pro russian separatists. this makes it one of the most deadly civilian plane shoot downs in history but not the first. kate snow has more. >> reporter: it was september 1st, 1983, the height of the cold war. >> the united states today accused the soviet union of shooting down a korean airline jumbo jet. >> reporter: days later, president reagan ai addressed the nation. >> i'm coming to you tonight about the korean massacre, the attack of the soviet union against 269 innocent men, women and children aboard an aun armed korean passenger plane. >> it was supposed to fly from new york city to seoul stopping in anchorage, alaska but it drifted off course to soviet air space. jets intercepted the plane and fired warning shots that were

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sean hannity came out and compared president obama to ronald reagan. on september 1st, 1983, korean flight 007 was shot down by soviet jets. last night, hannity criticized president obama for being more reagan-like in his initial response. >> president ronald reagan responded with much stronger words just over three decades ago. this is a good reminder for the white house. >> before you deny it about the korean airline massacre the attack by the soviet union against 269 innocent men, women and children aboard an unarmed korean passenger plane. this crime against humanity must never be forgotten here or throughout the world. >> well, it's a nice try, hannity. reagan made that speech, one, two, three, four days after the airliner had been shot down. president obama had similar words, roughly within 24 hours after this malaysian airlines

cairo veers off course due to bad weather and ends up in israeli air spice intercepted by two israeli fighter jets after refusing to land. it is shot down just five of 113 on board survive. five years later, april 20th, 197 8 korean air flight 902 violates soviet air space and is shot down. incredibly, 117 people on board survived after the plane land ounce a frozen lake. the cold war getting chillier after another incident involving korean air and soviet fighters, september 1st, 1983. the flight from anchorage to sole off course. they admit fighter jets intercepted and fired killing all 269 passengers and crew, sparking international outrage. >> it was an act of barber is m born of a society that

through jet stream of another plane, flight 427 began to shake. it rolled upside down, spiraling 300 miles per hour toward the ground. 132 passengers and crew were killed. >> it involved hearings and every is million dollars worth of testing to duplicate the failure. the findings were never 100% conclusive because they could not duplicate the failure. >> more than a decade earlier, flight 007 from new york city to seoul was blown out of the sky. september 1st, 1983. turns out it was shot down, killing all 269 people on board. the race was on for answers inside the black box beneath the sea. >> the world is waiting for the soviet union to tell the truth. >> the truth ended up being that the pilots had set their auto pilot but it failed, taking them directly into soviet air space.

pittsburgh. just six miles out while passing through the jet stream of another plane, flight 427 began to shake. it rolled upside down, spiralling 300 miles per hour toward the ground. 132 passengers and crew were killed. >> it involved two full public hearings and several million dollars worth of testing trying to duplicate the failure. the findings were never 100% conclusive because they couldn't duplicate the failure. >> reporter: more than a decade earlier, korean airlines flight 007 from new york city to seoul was blown out of the sky. september 1st, 1983. turns out it was shot down, killing all 269 people on board. the race was on for answer inside the black box beneath the sea. >> the world is waiting for the soviet union to tell truth. >> reporter: the truth ended up being that the pilots had set their auto pilot but it failed,

from ignition of the flammable fuel air mixture in the tank. >> reporter: another great mystery, u.s. air flight 427. it left chicago's o'hare international airport on september 8, 1994, bound for pittsburgh. just six miles out while passing through the jet stream of another plane, flight 427 began to shake. it rolled upside down, spiralling 300 miles per hour toward the ground. 132 passengers and crew were killed. >> it involved two full public hearings and several million dollars worth of testing trying to duplicate the failure. the findings were never 100% conclusive because they couldn't duplicate the failure. >> reporter: more than a decade earlier, korean airlines flight 007 from new york city to seoul was blown out of the sky. september 1st, 1983. turns out it was shot down, killing all 269 people on board.

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