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Air Crash Investigation S8E5: Target is Destroyed

  • Aired: 2010-10-06
  • Time: 22:00:00
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview

On 1 September 1983, during the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace. The crew did not switch the autopilot from heading to INS mode following take off which caused the aircraft to deviate from its assigned flight path.