Odd coincidence?

1) Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) – 1983 Incident

Date: September 1, 1983

Aircraft: Boeing 747-230B

Route: New York City → Anchorage → Seoul

Incident: The flight accidentally deviated into Soviet airspace due to a navigation error. The Soviet Union, suspecting it was a U.S. spy plane, shot it down near Sakhalin Island with a missile from a Su-15 interceptor.

Casualties: All 269 passengers and crew onboard were killed.

2) Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) – 1978 Incident

Date: April 20, 1978

Aircraft: Boeing 707-321B

Route: Paris → Anchorage → Seoul

Incident: The plane strayed into Soviet airspace and was fired upon by Soviet fighters. It managed to make an emergency landing on a frozen lake.

The moral of this story is - if you are flying near Russia do not name your plane after JAMES BOND.

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