KAL 007: The Korea Airlines Flight Everyone Is Thinking About Today
Adam Weinstein · 07/17/14 11:50AMThe apparent missile shootdown of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine this morning will likely go down as one of the worst—and, if initial reports are true, most avoidable—disasters in air-travel history. But it's not unprecedented. A similar infamous incident happened 30 years ago, also involving Russian military might and territoriality.