The Truth About Kal 007?
July, 1996
If you were watching ABC News Nightline on August 31, 1983, you saw Ted Koppel announce that Korean Air Lines flight 007, en route from the U.S. to South Korea, had mistakenly flown into Soviet airspace and had then been forced down by Soviet fighters onto Sakhalin island. Sixty Americans were on board, including a congressman, and it was said that the plane was safe and sitting on an airport runway.The next night Koppel announced that the previous night's story was false: "Senior U.S. offi...
