Aviation Center on Instagram: "Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a passenger flight that was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet on September 1, 1983, after it strayed into Soviet airspace during a scheduled journey from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. The Boeing 747, carrying 269 passengers and crew, including a U.S. congressman, was mistaken for a military aircraft during a period of heightened Cold War tensions. Despite warnings from the Soviets, the flight did not respond due to a communic