Korean Airlines 902 - Shot Down Over USSR In 1978 (Russian)

[Unsettomati]

Perhaps 'shot down' misstates it - after stumbling into Soviet airspace it was intercepted by Soviet air defense. Ultimately, the interceptors opened fire, and a rocket blew off the end of one wing of the 707, with shrapnel penetrating the fuselage and killing two passengers. The aircraft then made a gear-up forced landing on a frozen lake.

This incident is much less widely know than the Soviet shootdown of another KAL plane, the 747 flight 007 in 1983.

Anyway, today I stumbled across this brief but interesting write-up of the incident. Here it is:
Mishaps: Korean Air Lines 902

[-thomass]

Wow interesting. I had no idea.

[Ruth4Truth]

They billed Korea for catering expenses, to feed the surviving passengers? Wow. Tight budget.

[Xircal]

Lucky the lake was frozen.

[fusion2]

Man the 707 is truly a dog...

[Felix C]

Why do you write that? I mean why is it a dog? I understand that means low performance? Correct?

[Labonte18]

2 people dead vs 269.

Name a specific runway near miss collision between 2 planes. There's many of them..

But, the KLM/Pan Am collision.. Everyone knows (Well, not everyone) because there were nearly 600 fatalities.

[StealthRabbit]

Amazing:

Near miss of missle, (wounding rather than destroying)
Keeping wounded plane in control
Losing the interceptors in the clouds (good evasive strategy)
finding a frozen lake at dusk
Having Russians find you on the lake and bring hot cocoa! (for a fee)
EZ disposal of evidence / carcass (tho I am sure the Russians salvaged most of it.)
Ultimate 'Melt-through-the-ICE' lottery!
Nenana Ice Classic

Would love to hear from crew and passengers!
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MountainBiking]

Interesting. I didn't know about this. Thanks for posting.

[Sherifftruman]

Cool post. When I saw the date I wa thinking man, was it in the 70s? I was born in 1970 and thought for sure it was 80s. Then I saw it was an entirely different incident. Two in 5 years is amazing. You'd think after the first they would have been more careful.