On September 1, 1983, amid the tensions of the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was downed after straying into Soviet airspace. The flight crew neglected to change the autopilot from heading mode to INS mode after takeoff, resulting in the plane veering off its designated route.
Show
True Jackson, VP
Episode
S09E05
Air Date
Oct 06, 2010
Season 9 Episodes
S09E01
Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
S09E02
Pilot vs Plane (Air France Flight 296)
S09E03
Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)
S09E04
Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)
S09E05
Target Is Destroyed (Korean Air Lines Flight 007)
S09E06
Cold Case (Air Ontario 1363 and USAir 405)
S09E07
The Final Blow (Air Inter Flight 148)
S09E08
Cracks in the System (Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101)