Boeing 707 KAL abattu par les Sovs en 78
Publié : mar. juil. 29, 2008 4:48 pm
Apparement, les soviétiques n'en étaient pas à leur coup d'essai en abattant le 747 de la KAL en '83
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1961#more-1961
Criminal Occurrence description
languages: English Français Nederlands Deutsch Espanol
Status:
Date: 20 APR 1978
Time: 22:17
Type: Boeing 707-321B
Operator: Korean Air Lines - KAL
Registration: HL7429
C/n / msn: 19363/623
First flight: 1967
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Passengers: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 97
Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 109
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Kem (Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Paris (unknown airport), France
Destination airport: Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America
Flightnumber: 902
Narrative:
Flight 902 departed Paris for a flight to Seoul with an intermediate stop at Anchorage, AK. The aircraft passed the Canadian Station “Alert”, located 400 miles from the North Pole where the crew corrected their course. However this brought them on a course directly across the Barents Sea towards Soviet airspace. The plane was initially recognized by Soviet anti-aircraft defense radars as a Boeing 747. Sukhoi Su-15TM interceptor jets were sent to intercept the intruder. When both Sukhoi jets were flying next to the Korean airliner, the captain said he slowed down plane and switched on landing lights. Nevertheless the Su-15 crews were ordered to shoot down the plane. According to the U.S. the Su-15 pilot for several minutes tried to convince his superiors to cancel the attack, because the aircraft was a civilian Boeing 707 instead of a reconnaisance Boeing RC-135. After an additional order two P-60 rockets were launched. One of them missed the 707 but the other rocket exploded, severly damaging part of the left wing. Shrapnel punctured the fuselage, causing a rapid decompression and killing two passengers. The Korean pilot initiated an emergency descent from FL350 to 5000 feet and entered clouds. Both Sukhoi jets lost the 707 in the clouds. The aircraft continued at low altitude, crossing the Kola Peninsula and looking for a place to land. After several unsuccessful attempts in the evening dusk landed on the ice of Korpijärvi lake. All occupants were rescued by Russian helicopters.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 19780420-1
Je n'étais pas au courant de cette histoire... trouvé en fouinant sur ce thread :
http://www.checksix-forums.com/showthread.php?t=146014
Merci à Bawa pour cette trouvaille
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1961#more-1961
Criminal Occurrence description
languages: English Français Nederlands Deutsch Espanol
Status:
Date: 20 APR 1978
Time: 22:17
Type: Boeing 707-321B
Operator: Korean Air Lines - KAL
Registration: HL7429
C/n / msn: 19363/623
First flight: 1967
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Passengers: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 97
Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 109
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Kem (Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Paris (unknown airport), France
Destination airport: Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America
Flightnumber: 902
Narrative:
Flight 902 departed Paris for a flight to Seoul with an intermediate stop at Anchorage, AK. The aircraft passed the Canadian Station “Alert”, located 400 miles from the North Pole where the crew corrected their course. However this brought them on a course directly across the Barents Sea towards Soviet airspace. The plane was initially recognized by Soviet anti-aircraft defense radars as a Boeing 747. Sukhoi Su-15TM interceptor jets were sent to intercept the intruder. When both Sukhoi jets were flying next to the Korean airliner, the captain said he slowed down plane and switched on landing lights. Nevertheless the Su-15 crews were ordered to shoot down the plane. According to the U.S. the Su-15 pilot for several minutes tried to convince his superiors to cancel the attack, because the aircraft was a civilian Boeing 707 instead of a reconnaisance Boeing RC-135. After an additional order two P-60 rockets were launched. One of them missed the 707 but the other rocket exploded, severly damaging part of the left wing. Shrapnel punctured the fuselage, causing a rapid decompression and killing two passengers. The Korean pilot initiated an emergency descent from FL350 to 5000 feet and entered clouds. Both Sukhoi jets lost the 707 in the clouds. The aircraft continued at low altitude, crossing the Kola Peninsula and looking for a place to land. After several unsuccessful attempts in the evening dusk landed on the ice of Korpijärvi lake. All occupants were rescued by Russian helicopters.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 19780420-1
Je n'étais pas au courant de cette histoire... trouvé en fouinant sur ce thread :
http://www.checksix-forums.com/showthread.php?t=146014
Merci à Bawa pour cette trouvaille