Korean Boeing 1983
This case is included in World history. Over Sakhalin on the night of September 1, 1983 was shot down Korean Passenger airplane Boeing 747. Airplane belonged state South Korea and flew flight 007, New York - Anchorage - Seoul. Western the media was declared what's on board Korean Boeing shot down in 1983 was 269 passengers, not to mention crew members. The passengers included US citizens. Among the dead was US Congressman Larry McDonald, who was active USSR critic. ALL THE TRUTH about this flight known only TO A SMALL GROUP OF PENTAGON STAFF.
American President Ronald Reagan immediately after he was shot down over Sakhalin, he announced to the whole world that USSR in your fight for influence in the world can even use methods such as, destruction of passenger aircraft such as Korean Boeing downed in 1983 year. After this statement American President throughout the progressive world swept thousands of demonstrations of protest of the peoples these countries. peoples countries from America to Japan demanded accept decisive action in relation to to the USSR. Whole The world shook. First after the Caribbean crisis reappeared specter of nuclear war!
American intelligence always gave Special attention administered electronic intelligence, especially using aviation. Beginning since 1945 years, started regular reconnaissance flying over the territory of the USSR and his allies.
Long before shot down Korean Boeing in 1983, beginning since the late 50s years of the last century, American air reconnaissance started applying new method conducting reconnaissance. Simultaneously with the advent of passenger jet aircraft Boeing 707, at the American air reconnaissance there was an aircraft built based on the Boeing 707. Respectively reconnaissance aircraft looked on the radar screen as a passenger airplane . spy plane, unarmed, intentionally invaded the territory of the USSR, to a certain depth in order to set work parameters locators air defense, and then in a hurry was leaving back abroad! Later in the same capacity and for the same purpose the aircraft was also used Boeing 747, How Korean Boeing, downed over Sakhalin in 1983!
On the night of August 31st to September 1st, 1983 years, things happened like this. At 20:30 Moscow time time on Far Eastern radars air defense appeared an air object similar to American intelligence airplane RC-135. Intruder aircraft crossed the border exactly at the place where the Soviet strategic bombers returned from training assignments! Korean Boeing 1983 of the year exactly bypassed Soviet air defense zones, clearly knowing their location and turned out over the territory where was located base Soviet strategic submarines!
To intercept offenders were raised two Su-15 fighters And MiG-23. Define what aircraft is intruder, only succeeded from very close range! Fighters identified it as a plane similar to Tu-16. Fighters filed precautionary shots, but Korean Boeing over Sakhalin in 1983 no way did not react on them and did not answer on requests according to emergency international radio frequency.
After precautionary shots Korean Boeing over Sakhalin in 1983 did a few difficult air maneuvers including sharp dropped speed to 400 kilometers per hour. Apparently, Korean Boeing Pilots, invaded air spaceUSSR in 1983, exactly knew that the Soviet fighter Su-15 at this speed may become unstable in flight! Soviet pilot Osipovich gave order to shoot down intruder plane! Osipovich reported to the ground rocket launch produced , airplane shot down!
Western intelligence recorded negotiations Soviet pilot with a command post! Downed in 1983 the plane turned out to be Korean Boeing-747, state-owned South Korea, following by spacecraft flightL 007.
Only through 4 hours this case has become famous wide world community! IN Western media it was announced that 269 passengers died! This case worldwide was announced as attack on a defenseless civilian airplane! By around the world a wave swept protests. E that case for good reason allowed to accuse in hostility Soviet regime!
Let's try to reproduce details And details this ill-fated flight from the very beginning. IN 1983 August 30th Korean Boeing-747 takes off from New York airport named after Kennedy. The plane belonged airlines, which was not a member of the association of international carriers, so tickets in this airline Sometimes cost about 3 times cheaper than other airlines! Accordingly, the airline saved on everything whatever was possible. The pilots chose the most shortest routes flight to save fuel.
WITH 1978 on Korean Boeing, owned by this airline in 1983 stood latest navigational INS instruments(inertial navigation system) ! On this the plane was 3 such devices. With their help location aircraft is determined any time time is very accurate with the maximum possible error of 5 meters and then such an error is possible only with highly specific conditions! Moreover, these devices connected to two autopilots and can fly a plane independently according to a given program! Also on this Korean Boeing V 1983 navigation was provided 2 compasses, 2 VHF beacon receivers, 2 ADF receivers with remote measuring appliances and 2 weather radars!
commander Korean Boeing shot down in 1983 was Chang Bing In, most experienced pilot. He was colonel stock of South Korean Air force! His flying experience was over 10,000 hours. Flight distance along this route was 11,400 kilometers. The flight was supposed to be standard.
August 31st V 14 hours 30 minutes the plane does technical landing for refueling And crew changes V Anchorage. This is where things start to happen some ODDIES! No explanation reasons Korean Boeing V 1983delayed by 40 minutes and then additionally poured 4 tons of fuel! That year it was only 3 cases when the plane took off with full tanks fuel!
About the same time near the Soviet border on Far East were spotted American reconnaissance aircraft. Also in this moment near Soviet borders cruised 3 US Navy ship.
Approximately after 4 minutes after in 1983 took off Korean Boeing flight 007, permission take off gets another one South Korean Boeing flight 015! Fact departure TWIN PLANE, which really fly to Seoul, will subsequently hush up!
Commander 40th fighter aviation divisions Far East military district Anatoly Kornukov V 1983 received a message from operational officer, What Korean Boeing violated air border, goes west Kamchatka to the side Sakhalin. Kornukov ordered to raise three on duty fighter for escorts or destruction violator - it will be found out according to the situation.
One minute before air defense command received urgent message, What over Yakutsk passed American military satellite And at 3 hours 7 minutes he should come to the north parts Sakhalin.
In general, it should be noted that in 1983 in case of violation of the air border Korean Boeing in Kamchatka, Americans used all types of military technology, which was only possible in this case! This and space satellites And high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft And sea ships and planes AWACS And ground radar stations. Everything was coordinated powerful intelligence operation.
Sky in the area of the incident this night was cloudy. To intercept Korean Boeing V 1983 3 Soviet fighters took off. Them in advance was given command, confirm target - spy plane and destroy his! When approaching the target pilot Su-15 Osipovich took the intruder on sight, But In the first entering shooting did not produce. On big distance, at night it is forbidden was exactly define, what kind of plane was it and besides Osipovich hoped What order to shoot down violator will be canceled! Osipovich reported on the ground that Korean Boeing, USSR in 1983, does not respond to requests, gaining altitude And slows down, determine the type of target due to poor visibility can't, target goes to low speed!
The land gave Osipovich new indication Korean Boeing, violating airspace USSR in 1983, don't knock down A force landing! Osipovich dropped the capture of the rocket,slowed down and saw before me big liner with illuminated portholes! Went in first on the left, signaled with lights And rocking. Then did same on the right.intruder no way did not react to fighter signals received international aviation rules And did not respond to requests on the emergency channel connections ! Pilot Korean Boeing V 1983 was hard installation, disobey neither on which requirements forces air defense of the USSR, even risk-based be shot down!
After that Osipovich gave orders to Korean Boeing, violating the airspace USSR in 1983, open warning fire! After this warning fire from guns at Osipovich in ammunition left Total 4 shells! Miss shooting from a cannon on an airplane going on such close distance, especially at night impossible!
After this precautionary shooting Korean Boeing, violating airspace USSR V 1983, slowed down before 400 kilometers per hour, forcing Su-15 or go ahead or fall into a tailspin! Soviet ground more services tried go out get in touch with the offender, but unsuccessfully!
Violator assigned not only passive role! At this time when Korean Boeing, violating airspace USSR in 1983, was approaching Sakhalin appeared on the air message, what the offender is transmitting encryption, above him, American satellite. In this encryption it was said that he observing clearly, lying on depth up to 300 meters Soviet strategic submarines And taking pictures!
It was necessary urgently take action because the perpetrator passed the secret naval bases, and at Soviet fighters were running out of fuel. Kornukov gives an order Osipovich destroyKorean Boeing, violating in 1983 air space THE USSR!
Osipovich with did intensive turn and went out to the rear hemisphere violator on distance approximately 1,5 kilometers. He immediately on instruments caught fire capture information goals. Osipovich in one gulp released two missiles. One hit Vtail violator , other V left wing.
Shot down in 1983 Korean Boeing began to fall sharply. IN 6 hours 24 minutes Far Eastern time the target is gone from locator screens. Exactly the place plane crash failed to capture neither ground services , nor fighters. It was only known that this Tatar Strait And approximate location fall !
After being shot down in 1983 Korean Boeing a new round of cold has begun wars between USSR and USA. Literally the next day The USSR was declared an evil empire. Relationship between USSR and USA heated up to the limit. armed strength both countries are given in full combat readiness! In the area where the Korean Boeing crashed V 1983 are going fleets of the USA, USSR and them allies! Japanese Air Force announce alert collection! Simultaneously spins with it anti-Soviet company. Pilot Osipovich appears as desperate cowboy, A Soviet military command as able without hesitation click on nuclear button!
After in 1983 was shot down Korean Boeing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR it turned out not ready to ensure that in a timely manner And confidently uphold interests of the USSR!Partly it happened because head of government at that time was Yu.V.Andropov, that was terminally ill! Country leadership at the moment when it was hit Korean Boeing V 1983 by and large say missing! Soviet government, without getting into the details affairs, instead of order to praise for the right action air defense force, Start vaguely justify! West visually made sure that Soviet government in such cases unable on correct actions! Was informational war!
After being hit Korean Boeing V 1983, Western media did emphasis that the aircraft deviated from the correct route as a result of a data entry error into the on-board computer of the aircraft, that is on autopilot plane! Wherein no one could explain How, Korean Boeing, downed in 1983 equipped with the most modern navigational appliances, very controlled an experienced pilot And accompanied ground controllers of several countries, deviated from the right route almost for 500 kilometers! Was impossible not to notice that the plane is flying on the wrong course during two and a half hours!
Korean Boeing, downed in 1983 flew exactly over the Soviet secret military objects on Far East there is also proof, what he intentionally had tried get away from persecution Soviet air defense fighters, making certain maneuvers in flight!
Even more clarify the facts of the case we could "black boxes" aircraft . Korean Boeing, downed in 1983 fell into Tatar Strait at a depth of approximately 180 meters . started search aircraft . Soviet divers found the wreckage first! Soviet Navy thrown into the sea 2 beacon, imitating signals "black boxes" away from the crash site, thereby directing Americans by false follow!
wreckage Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 turned out pretty small and lying pretty heap. Dimensions debris did not exceed 1.5-2 meters! Contrary to expectations were found remains approximately 35 people! Also A. Kornukov claims What passengers V Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 or was not at all or was, but clearly not 269 people!
Baggage, found on a downed plane looked Very Weird! Glasses, powder boxes, women's bags were found empty - without contents, clothes attached to a cable, passports of disappeared passengers, packed in one PACK! All found on Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 personal belongings of passengers, fit in 6 boxes! All things raised from the bottom were handed over to South Korea But relatives dead or as it is considered dead passengers, these things are Have not received! This indicates that baggage, found on Korean Boeing, shot down in 1983 above Tatar Strait, was IMITATION.
Also later revealed from the foreign press, that relatives alleged dead passengers met them under other names! Apparently, passengers were PLANTED in Anchorage And sent to those who follow by plane! On top of that, the Korean airline that owned Korean Boeing, downed in 1983, obliged would be officially publish the list of dead passengers, A THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE!
Now we recall that he was detained in Anchorage on 40 minutes. This was necessary, among other things, to combine aircraft flights And American satellite. Intruder flew right over objects Air defense of the USSR And essentially opened the air defense system of the USSR of the Far East! Those human remains that were found on the downed 1983 Korean Boeing, apparently, belong to OPERATORS OF ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE, which were on board this plane and did their job!
IN 1984 July 20th analyst American intelligence Ernie Bockman aired independent English channel, in which he said that as a result of the flight Korean Boeing V 1983 American intelligence received invaluable intelligence about the Soviet air defense of the Far East! To her managed achieve inclusion almost all communication objects who worked about 4 hours over an area of more 18 000 square kilometers !
At present, methods of obtaining intelligence substantially have changed! By using new technologies created better means observations. But manipulation of public opinion as well as various provocations, to a certain extent while applied in contemporary politics!
30 years ago, an event took place that could have had approximately the same consequences for the whole world as the murder in the summer of 1914 in Sarajevo Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A South Korean passenger Boeing with 269 passengers and crew members was shot down in Soviet airspace.
Hot Cold War
The situation in the world by that time was already tense. American President Ronald Reagan announced another crusade against communism," and the Soviet Union naturally became its main target.
The policy of detente was thrown aside, and a new round of the arms race began. Both opposing camps flexed their muscles, which only exacerbated the situation.
The military exercises of the US forces near the Soviet borders were almost non-stop. American reconnaissance aircraft constantly worked in the sky near the areas where Soviet strategic forces were deployed. On April 4, 1983, 6 American attack aircraft in the area of the Lesser Kuril Ridge entered the airspace of the USSR to a depth of 30 km above the territorial waters of the USSR and carried out simulated bombing on the territory of the Soviet Zelyony Island, making several passes to attack ground targets.Each of the parties considered it necessary to respond to the hostile attacks of the enemy, which ultimately brought the situation closer to the moment when the "cold war" could develop into a hot one.
Boeing changes course
On August 31, 1983, a Boeing 747-230B of a South Korean airline took off from New York. Korean Air, making a regular flight to Seoul with an intermediate stop in Anchorage. The oddities, already noted after the fact, began during the stay in Anchorage. The plane was delayed at the airport longer than it should have. There is still no exact data on the reason for this delay. Even more interesting is that after him, another similar aircraft took off from the same airfield, which many supporters of the "conspiracy" versions will later call the "double aircraft".
But back to Boeing. Taking off from Anchorage, it was supposed to follow the official international route R20, which passed over Pacific Ocean east of Kamchatka, and then over Japan, skirting the territory of the USSR.
However, almost immediately from the moment of departure, which occurred at 3:00 local time, the aircraft began to significantly deviate from the intended route to the north, heading towards the airspace of the Soviet Union.
Raid in a restricted area
At this time, Soviet air defense specialists in the Far East worked with full effort. They were haunted by the American reconnaissance aircraft RC-135, which conducted reconnaissance in the immediate vicinity of the borders of the USSR.
This area aroused increased interest among the Americans: nuclear submarines of the Soviet Navy were based here. At some point, an American intelligence officer and a South Korean Boeing that appeared in the wrong place literally merged on the radar.
The Boeing 747 and RC-135 are of comparable size and external similarity, which will play an important role in future events.
Air defense systems recorded a foreign aircraft invading the airspace of the USSR. As already mentioned, no Boeing was expected here, unlike a scout.
By a strange coincidence, the course of the intruder did not pass over uninhabited areas, but precisely over a zone forbidden for foreign aircraft to fly, where military facilities of strategic importance were located.
What was happening caused a stir among the Soviet military leadership. When an unknown plane approached Kamchatka, MiG-23 fighters were sent to intercept it. However, they failed to overtake him, because he left the airspace of the USSR.
Attack
The Soviet aircraft returned to base, and the incident could have been limited to this, but the problem is that the Boeing continued to deviate from the route and began to approach Sakhalin.
This time he was already waiting. The Su-15 and MiG-23 were sent to meet the intruder, who met the Boeing at the moment when it again entered the airspace of the USSR in the sky over Sakhalin. By this time, the Boeing had deviated from the intended route by 500 kilometers.
The interceptors followed the intruder, while the military command decided what to do in this situation. In the meantime, Boeing could soon go beyond the territory of the USSR for the second time.
Finally, Su-15 pilot Gennady Osipovich command was received: "Bring down the violator!". The pilot prepared to attack, but a new command arrives: "Force the intruder to land!". The Soviet pilot tried to give signals, spent almost the entire supply of shells on warning shots, but did not achieve any reaction from the Boeing. Except for one thing, the intruder slowed down, which put the Su-15 in an uncomfortable position, forcing it to jump forward, because otherwise the interceptor risked falling into a tailspin. As Osipenko himself later said, it was these actions that dispelled his last doubts that he had a reconnaissance aircraft in front of him.
At this very moment, the command comes again from the ground: “Destroy the violator!”. Osipovich practically did not have a margin of time to fulfill the order - the Boeing left the territory of the USSR, the shells were practically used up, in addition, it was necessary to make a complex maneuver to reach the attack position.
Gennady Osipovich was a true professional and carried out the order - two missiles from the Su-15 hit the Boeing: one hit the tail, the second hit the wing. The intruder began to drop sharply. “Target destroyed, exiting the attack,” the pilot reported. The downed Boeing disappeared into the darkness of the night. Osipovich himself had no time for the offender - he was running out of not only ammunition, but also fuel. The interceptors returned to base.
Hysteria followed by sobering
About who actually shot down the Soviet air defense forces, it became known from the reports of foreign media. They also received information from the US military, who throughout this story acted as silent witnesses who watched what was happening.
Anti-Soviet hysteria in the West has taken on unprecedented proportions. President Reagan declared the USSR an "evil empire", the hottest heads demanded a "strike back", Soviet flags were burned in South Korea.
The story was presented in the same vein - the vile Soviet beasts deliberately attacked a peaceful passenger plane, killing hundreds of women and children.
Later, during the period of perestroika, an attack of a similar hysteria would occur in the USSR. Journalists will begin to break into Lieutenant Colonel Osipovich’s house, wondering if the pilot is being tormented by “bloody boys in the eyes” and whether the “killer of civilians” sleeps well at night?
Sobering up will begin gradually, and in the West. After the US military shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the Persian Gulf in 1988, the American media admit that they got excited with cursing the USSR. In the end, the Russians shot down the plane over their territory, and not thousands of kilometers from their own shores.
And after September 11, 2001, when terrorists use passenger planes to attack the World shopping mall and the Pentagon, the situation will change radically. Now a civilian aircraft that has changed course and does not respond to requests from dispatchers is recognized as a legitimate target, regardless of whether there are passengers on it or not.
Could the pilots get lost?
In 1983, the Soviet Union outright lost the information war around the Boeing situation. At first, nothing was said about this incident at all, then they began to tell half-truths, which, as you know, are worse than lies. As a result, the reputation of the country was greatly damaged. And, what is especially offensive, the damage is undeserved.
The subsequent investigation conducted in connection with the death of the Boeing by the International Organization civil aviation, will actually remove the blame for the incident from the Soviet Union. The main culprits of the tragedy will be called Korean pilots who incorrectly set up the autopilot and did not perform proper checks to clarify the current coordinates. As a result, the Koreans did not notice that they had climbed into the airspace of the USSR to a depth of 500 kilometers.
However, many experts who have studied the events of September 1, 1983 have serious doubts about this version. The Boeing was piloted by an experienced crew, who knew not only the equipment of the aircraft, but also the flight route. In addition, the pilots knew perfectly well what the violation of the border of the Soviet Union, which lay not far from their route, was fraught with. After all, five years earlier, in similar circumstances, a South Korean Boeing was shot down in northern Russia. Fortunately, then the damage inflicted on the aircraft did not lead to a disaster - the pilots landed the car on the ice of a frozen lake, only two people died as a result of the incident. By the way, the pilots of that Boeing fully admitted their guilt for what had happened.
What did Osipovich see?
The official investigation concluded that the Boeing pilots did not see the interceptors and did not notice the warning shots. However, this picture does not fit the same fatal Boeing maneuver, because of which Gennady Osipovich finally identified the unknown aircraft as a reconnaissance aircraft.
Now as for the Soviet pilot himself. As Osipovich later admitted, he was trained to recognize military foreign aircraft, but our pilots simply did not know civilian ones. Yes, the liner had signal lights and rows of portholes. But in the dark and with a lack of time, Osipovich simply could not clearly understand what kind of ship he was dealing with. In addition, signs civil aircraft could also be a disguise for a reconnaissance aircraft. And most importantly, the behavior of the intruder's pilots convinced that this was not a plane with passengers.
Where did the corpses go and why were the Americans silent?
By official version, the downed Boeing crashed into the ocean, all 269 people on board were killed. But here's another oddity - very few human remains were found at the bottom at the crash site. They explain it this way - a strong current, voracious crustaceans and crabs. However, there is another version - there were no passengers on board the Boeing. Where did they go? Fans of conspiracy theories believe that they were flying on the same “double plane” that took off from Anchorage after the Boeing. But further versions diverge: some are convinced that he was also destroyed, others believe that the imaginary victims were safely hidden, changing their names and place of residence. All this, it is believed, was part of a large-scale operation of the US special services against the USSR.
Incredible and looks like nonsense? But how to explain the passivity and non-intervention of the American military, who, with the help of their tracking equipment, observed the entire situation in development, but did nothing to prevent a tragic denouement? But there were also American citizens on board the Boeing!
Instead, the US chose to present the findings as evidence of a terrible atrocity by the Soviet Union.
If the Soviet Union, followed by Russia, covered in sufficient detail everything related to this tragedy on their part, then both the United States and South Korea are clearly not ready to tell in full detail about what exactly happened on September 1, 1983. Apparently, thirty years is not long enough to reveal all the secrets.
Man of duty
There is a person in this story, at first not appreciated, and then completely slandered. I'm talking about the Su-15 pilot Gennady Osipovich. The authorities of the Soviet Union, frightened by the international reaction, noted the pilot, who completed the combat mission in difficult conditions, crumpled and indistinctly, thus, as if putting his actions in doubt. Osipovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star, advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel, but at the same time he was hastily sent to serve on the other side of the country, fearing that the Soviet Koreans living there could allegedly take revenge on him in the Far East.
Later, as already mentioned, buckets of slops poured down on Lieutenant Colonel Osipovich, accusations almost of a "crime against humanity."
Let's be objective: military pilot Gennady Osipovich devoted his whole life to protecting the Motherland. On her orders, he went out to intercept an aircraft that violated the airspace of our country. Having received an order to destroy the violator, he clearly and conscientiously fulfilled his military duty.
Soviet citizens could not be afraid of a hail of bombs on their heads precisely because their peace was guarded by people like Gennady Osipovich. And I want to believe that the current military pilots will take an example from a man who brilliantly completed his combat mission in the sky over Sakhalin on September 1, 1983.
35 years ago, on September 1, 1983, a South Korean Boeing 747 flying from San Francisco to Seoul was shot down over Sea of Okhotsk Soviet fighter.
The plane entered the closed airspace of the USSR, where it was shot down by a fighter plane and crashed southwest of Sakhalin Island. No one survived the crash. The downed plane turned out to be a Boeing 747-230B of the South Korean airline Korean Air, operating flight No. 007, carrying 246 passengers and 23 crew members on the New York - Seoul route (with refueling in Anchorage), deviated from the course by 500 kilometers. The main versions of the causes of the incident are pilot error and a provocation by the US intelligence services.
There are many scattered unexplained facts associated with Flight 007, unconfirmed or subjective evidence, conflicting statements and rumors, which are excellent grounds for doubt and alternative theories.
The incident caused a serious aggravation of the already difficult relations between the USSR and the USA.
Historical context
After the introduction of Soviet troops into Afghanistan and the election of US President Ronald Reagan, a new round of the Cold War began. By September 1983, the military situation in the Far East was extremely tense. In the spring of that year, three US carrier strike groups conducted multi-day exercises near Kamchatka. On April 4, 6 A-7 aircraft in the area of Zeleny Island of the Lesser Kuril Ridge entered the USSR airspace to a depth of 2 to 30 km above the territorial waters of the USSR and carried out simulated bombing on the territory of the island, making several passes to attack ground targets.
Incident details
Boeing 747-230B (registration number HL7442), owned by the South Korean airline Korean Air, operated a scheduled flight on the New York-Seoul route. The plane took off from New York on August 31, then landed in Anchorage for refueling. On September 1 at 3:00 local time (13:00 GMT), he took off from Anchorage and headed for Seoul. There were 246 passengers and 23 crew members on board. The flight route was supposed to pass over the Pacific Ocean east of Kamchatka, then over Japan, skirting the territory of the USSR. However, almost from the very beginning of the flight, the plane began to deviate from the intended route to the west. He violated the airspace of the USSR and flew over Kamchatka, then left the Soviet airspace and, flying over the Sea of Okhotsk, again violated the border over Sakhalin. The maximum deviation from the usual route reached 500 kilometers.
In the territories over which the Boeing flew, there were military installations, and the flights of foreign aircraft in this area were prohibited. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to intercept the intruder aircraft. At 18:26 GMT, on orders from the ground, one of the Su-15 fighters (pilot Gennady Osipovich) shot down the liner with missiles. The plane crashed near Moneron Island. All on board were killed.
[... Su-15 pilot Gennady Osipovich received a command from the ground:
- Target violated state border. The goal is to destroy.
“I turned on the afterburner,” says a retired lieutenant colonel, “the heads of the rockets blinked. And suddenly in the headphones:
— Abandon destruction! Get to the height of the target and force it to land.
And I'm already approaching the intruder from below. Having equalized the speed, it began to blink. But he doesn't react.
- Give warning bursts, - it rushes from the ground.
He gave four bursts, spent more than two hundred shells. Yes, what's the point! After all, I have armor-piercing, not incendiary. And hardly anyone can see them at all ...
- But after all, it was reported by our newspapers, citing "official sources", that the warning shots were made with incendiary - luminous, tracer - shells ...
- It is not true. I simply did not have such charges. Therefore, he released armor-piercing.
- But in this case, you really (namely, this is what foreign experts say) could not be seen by the pilots of someone else's aircraft?
“I have no doubt that they noticed me. They paid attention to my blinking. The reaction of the pilots was unequivocal - they soon slowed down. Now we were going about 400 kilometers per hour. And I have more than 400 - with a lower speed, I simply could not go. The calculation, in my opinion, for the violator would be simple: if I do not wish to fall into a tailspin, I will be forced to slip through them. Which is what got...We have already flown over the island: it is narrow in this place. And the target was about to leave me. And at this time, it rushes from the earth:
“The goal is to destroy!…
It's easy to say destroy. But how? Guns?! But I have already used up 243 shells. Ram? Always treated such things badly. Taran is the last chance. I even managed to scroll through my maneuver just in case - I'll climb on top and sit on it. But then the thought came by itself - I fell 2,000 down ... Fast and Furious. He turned on the rockets and offhand led his nose. Happened! I see: there is a capture ...]
From an interview with Gennady Osipovich:
- I can't say with 100% certainty that I was shooting at the Boeing. - It was early morning, the visibility was poor. And yet I saw a double row of porthole lights, and what other plane could it be then? Having received the order to destroy, I fired two rockets at him. One exploded right under the engine, the second - under the belly. I did not see him fall - I reported that the missiles had hit the target, and returned to the base ...
Planned and real route of the "Korean Boeing"
Reaction in the world
The actions of the Soviet Union caused a wave of indignation and protest in the West. American President Ronald Reagan called the incident "a crime against humanity that must never be forgotten", "an act of barbarism and inhuman cruelty" and called the USSR an "evil empire".
Subsequently, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, Federal Aviation Administration) banned Aeroflot flights to America. The ban remained in effect until April 1986.
President Reagan also stated that once development is complete, the GPS navigation system will be freely available for civilian purposes such as air navigation.
This incident was filmed and repeatedly cited by Western politicians as an example of the "inhuman" military doctrine of the USSR. This practice ended on July 3, 1988, when the American cruiser Vincennes shot down an Iran Air passenger plane with 290 passengers over the Persian Gulf.
Such evidence leaves some doubt about the identification of the Boeing as a passenger flight used by individual researchers. At the same time, this evidence is unreliable and subjective, and there is no information about the conduct of any objective examinations or the availability of physical evidence in this regard.
International investigations
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conducted two investigations: one immediately after the crash and another eight years later, after copies of all black box records and copies of all negotiations between command posts in the Far East on the night of August 31 to September 1. Both commissions concluded that the most probable cause The deviation from the flight path was that the KAL007 pilots did not properly set up the autopilot and then did not perform the proper checks to update the current position. That is, the violation of the airspace of the USSR was unintentional, and in reality the Korean airliner did not participate in the reconnaissance operation. This conclusion suggests the complete incompetence or gross negligence of the Korean crew and is questioned by some experts.
On November 7, 1988, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia refused to limit the upper limit on the amount of compensation claimed by relatives of American passengers from Korean Air. The court found that the provisions of the Warsaw Convention limiting this limit could not be applied, since the actions of the pilots contained signs of conscious neglect of their duties (“willful misconduct”). The court pointed out, in particular, that after the incident with the South Korean Boeing in 1978, the company's pilots should have been familiar with the methods of action of Soviet interceptors.
Finding out the true background of the events that took place exactly thirty years ago in the night sky over Sakhalin and the Sea of Okhotsk is as difficult as proving and confirming the truth of the American moon landings. In both cases, behind the seeming simplicity and irrefutability of the version stubbornly promoted by the West, something completely different looms...
Meanwhile, it is necessary to understand, despite all the obvious inconsistencies. After all, the incident of 1983 became a convenient pretext for Washington and its allies to unleash another paranoid-hysterical campaign against the USSR, and contributed to the rallying of the anti-communist bloc. President Ronald Reagan found another reason to confirm the thesis he had previously voiced about the USSR as an "evil empire" - a term he borrowed from the film " star Wars". Part of the Soviet elite was so frightened by the Western propaganda attack that two years later they voted with both hands for the coming to power of the favorite of our geopolitical rivals, Mikhail Gorbachev.
Once again, it makes no sense to talk in detail about the events of September 1983: the number of newspaper publications about the downed South Korean Boeing in our country is in the thousands, books have been written and films made about it. Let me just remind you that the most important accusation against us is the disproportionate use of force against a civilian airliner of the South Korean airline Korian Airlines, flying on the first day of autumn 1983, flight 007 New York - Anchorage - Seoul, as a result of which 269 passengers died and crew members.
But to this day, many facts work against the Western version of the "peaceful aircraft." This is a significant deviation of the Boeing from the flight route of more than five hundred kilometers, which began almost immediately after takeoff from Anchorage.
In response, we are told that the pilots simply made a mistake. But how many cases do you know when passenger aircraft with experienced pilots, who had flown this route more than once or twice before, gone so far to the side?
And for what reason the American management services air traffic did not warn the Korean pilots that they were flying on the wrong course?
There is still no clear answer to the question of why the “new” route of flight 007 ran precisely over Kamchatka, the Kuriles and Sakhalin - in other words, areas that had and still have strategic importance for the defense of our country. Again they object: what kind of information could a civilian aircraft collect, if everything is already visible from satellites. Well, firstly, not everything is noticeable from orbit through the veil of the earth's atmosphere, even now. And, secondly, one of the possible goals of a possible invasion of our airspace was to collect data on the organization of Soviet air defense systems, which were forced to work on the intruder.
Another question that has not received a clear answer from the West is the synchronization of the flight of the South Korean aircraft with the American Ferret-D reconnaissance satellite and the American spy plane.
In addition, the incident occurred against the backdrop of ongoing provocations in 1983 by Washington, which became insolent to the point that it even authorized imitation of bombing on one of our military airfields in the Kuriles.
AND main question, to which there is no answer: how could the pilots of Korian Airlines not see the Soviet military aircraft that was next to them, which indicated its presence with swaying wings and warning fire. Moreover, they also tried to leave, taking a higher echelon.
Suspicions are even more intensified when you find out that back in April 1978, another Corian Airlines flight 902, flying from Paris to Seoul through the same Anchorage, also “got lost” and, probably, quite by accident appeared in the sky above our other the most important area - the Kola Peninsula. He was forced to land, after going through the formalities, the passengers were released, the pilots were not punished, but expelled from the Soviet Union. This is a fairly well-known fact, but few of us know that in 1992 one of the reputable South Korean magazines published an article that contained the confession of the captain of that same Korian Airlines flight in connection with the CIA. It was on the eve of Boris Yeltsin's trip to Seoul, when he handed over the "black boxes" of flight 007 - perhaps no one suggested to him that in connection with the above-mentioned publication it was advisable to postpone such a ceremony for a more detailed study of the issue.
The presence of special services is also very strongly felt in the incident over Sakhalin. Boeing commander Jung Byung-in was once the personal pilot of the South Korean ruler Pak Chung-hee.
Working with the first persons of the state implies a mandatory procedure for passing an audit through the special services, or rather, long-term cooperation with them. However, both then and today, South Korean intelligence cannot be completely independent in its actions - it is in the same team with the Americans. But that's not all. The influential South Korean newspaper Joseon Ilbo then published a message about the landing of the allegedly downed Boeing on Sakhalin, citing CIA data. But it is not customary to spread about such cooperation of journalists with special services, and even foreign ones.
There is also a statement posted on the Internet by an American whose father, a career intelligence officer, did not board flight 007 just ten minutes before departure - on the advice of his colleagues. But the most surprising thing is the writings of Western "writers" who talk about the fact that in fact the Boeing was not shot down, but was only forced to land on the territory of the island administrative-territorial unit of the USSR. To the question about future fate passengers are given a simple answer: they are kept in the Gulag, because special "secret" camps are still preserved on the territory of Siberia. Cases of phone calls to relatives made by those who should have died thirty years ago are cited as "evidence". For example, an engineer who was working on electronic systems on board a Korean airliner unexpectedly called his mother, but only had time to report that everything was fine with him, after which he immediately hung up. There were also reports that Boeing passengers were often met by their acquaintances, but the “resurrected” pretended that they had misunderstood.
This means that the version of "informed sources" that in fact, instead of a passenger Boeing, an American reconnaissance aircraft similar to it was shot down has a right to exist. The liner was landed at an American military base in Japan, and all passengers were given new identity cards and good monetary compensation, while being ordered to remain silent. If so, then the Westerners are well aware that sooner or later the awl will come out of the bag, and then a huge scandal is inevitable. To avoid it, fables about the "active Gulag" were launched.
In favor of the fact that the Boeing incident was well orchestrated, several other similar cases dated the same 1983 speak.
The most resonant is the attempt on the life of South Korean dictator-president Chung Doo-hwan during his visit to Burma in early October, which was called in Japanese and South Korean sources as the "Incident at the Tomb of Aung San." Let me briefly remind you: Chung Doo Hwan, according to the protocol, was supposed to visit the mausoleum in honor of the founder of independent Burma in the capital of this state. The president, for some unknown reason, was late, having sent his ambassador to this country to the place of the ceremony in advance. However, there was an explosion near the mausoleum that claimed the lives of about thirty people, including the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Energy. Judging by a photo taken minutes before the incident, representatives of South Korea's top political establishment were lined up waiting for their boss.
After the incident, the Burmese military caught two allegedly North Korean agents, who, as part of a sabotage group, allegedly staged this terrorist act. It seems that everything converges, up to material evidence, there are also captured performers. But why so far no one has bothered to clearly explain the reason for Chung Doo-hwan being late to the memorial cemetery, to explain how North Korean agents could penetrate the territory of the tomb, which was guarded by about two hundred guards of the South Korean president, not counting the Burmese security forces, and set two mines there great explosive power. And why the North Korean merchant ship, from which the group of saboteurs allegedly landed, was from October 4 to October 11 in the port of Colombo, that is, far from the scene of the incident. And why would Chung Doo-hwan, upon his return to Seoul, not remove either the head of the intelligence service or the head of his own security from their posts. Yes, presumably North Korean agents were caught, but who can guarantee that these are not South Korean intelligence officers who were tasked with impersonating "brothers" from the North? However, the photos of these people so far no one has published. And there was no reason for the North Koreans to "run into" a scandal that resulted in a break in diplomatic relations with Burma, a country with which trade was very profitable for both Pyongyang and Rangoon. Now, decades later, these two countries are again drawn to each other like magnets, on the basis of anti-Western sentiment. However, a year before, the South Koreans claimed that they wanted to kill their leader - it is clear who - in Canada. It already looks like paranoia.
An even more mysterious incident occurred in August of the same 1983, when the South Korean warship Kangwon allegedly sank a high-speed North Korean reconnaissance ship in the Sea of Japan. More precisely, this was done by a helicopter taking off from the ship with an ACC-12 missile, which, according to the South Koreans, is designed to fire at ground targets. Strangely, there is no information about the successful use of ACC-12 in the Sea of Japan anywhere else, except in South Korean sources. There are also different versions of what happened. According to one of them, the South Koreans stepped onto the deck of the wrecked ship, according to another, it simply sank, and again not a single photograph. But as evidence, a helicopter was put on public display, the fuselage of which was decorated with the sign of the destroyed enemy warship. "Strong" evidence, of course.
I believe that in the case of the Boeing, the Americans pursued not only the goal of finding out the details of the functioning of the Soviet air defense system, but also wanted to prevent Seoul from rapprochement with Moscow.
The South Korean dictator, General Pak Chung-hee (president of the country in 1963-1979), apparently, was very burdened by his total dependence on Washington. Therefore, as far as possible, he was looking for "exits" to Moscow. One of the first signs is gratitude to the Soviet leadership for the quick resolution of the issue with the passengers and crew of flight 902, which, I note, was done in the absence of diplomatic relations. This line was continued under the next military ruler, Chung Doo-hwan, when South Korean walkers, who also had American or Japanese citizenship, after receiving a visa, visited our foreign affairs department to persuade us to improve relations with Seoul. After the incident with the Boeing, these visits to the Foreign Ministry ended, a wave of anti-Soviet hysteria swept over South Korea ...
On September 1, 1983, a South Korean Boeing 747 was shot down in the sky over Sakhalin while flying over the territory of the USSR. There were 269 passengers on board. This incident is considered to be one of the most mysterious in the history of civil aviation.
It is said that the creators of the Lost series (“Stay alive”) were inspired precisely by the mysterious circumstances of the death of the Korean Boeing. And this is not surprising: intriguing events and facts related to this disaster would be enough for more than one series.
The Soviet military had no doubt that the plane was on a reconnaissance mission. He walked without identification signals, deviating 500 km from the route. As a result, the Soviet military command interrupted the KAL-007 flight right over the Sakhalin village of Pravda with the help of a Su-15 fighter. However, whether this is true, we still do not know.
A good prelude to a series like Lost would be the next episode. About two hours before Flight KAL-007 skidded into Soviet airspace, US ground control civilian controllers exchanged phrases like this: "Hey guys, there's someone approaching the Russian air defense zone." “It can’t be, are you kidding?” - "We must warn him."
This was clearly documented by the controllers' record. The question is why the crew of the South Korean liner was never warned?
Announced happy ending
Korean Airlines Flight 007 on the New York-Anchorage-Seoul route was scheduled to arrive at the Korean airport around 6:00 am. But he was late. At 7.20, representatives of Korean Airlines came out to the worried meeting with a reassuring message that some unforeseen circumstances had arisen with the flight, but the liner had fuel for another 3 hours, so there was nothing to worry about. Officials did not provide any further details. If the meeters lived in the US and watched ABC's seven o'clock news, they would know a little more: for example, that the Korean Boeing, which was on Flight 007, disappeared from the radar. True, hardly anyone would have explained to you why the American television people were so concerned about the late Korean airliner.
Exactly at 10.00, when the Boeing should already be running out of fuel, all Korean news voiced the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea: everything is in order with the plane, he made forced landing on Sakhalin, the crew and passengers are in complete safety. And an hour later, Vice-President of Korean Airlines Cho, who was just setting off to return passengers of Flight 007 home, addressed the meeting in person: “In less than 24 hours, these problems will be solved, and I promise to deliver them to you.”
At the same time, some details of the incident were announced in the news: the flight was allegedly forcibly landed by the Soviet Air Force on Sakhalin. Of course, this could not help but irritate the Koreans, but nevertheless, the anxiety disappeared: many of those who met went home with a calm soul. But the soul did not remain calm for long ...
An hour later, the Soviet Foreign Ministry informed the Japanese embassy in Moscow (with South Korea the USSR did not have diplomatic relations) that flight 007 did not land on Sakhalin, and Soviet officials have no information about the whereabouts of the aircraft.
Airing after death
A couple of days later, the Soviet Union officially admitted that its air defense forces shot down a plane that violated Soviet airspace, not responding to warnings. It was even established exact time– 22.26 local time. However, there are documented recordings of the pilots of flight KAL-007 that appeared on the air 50 minutes after the destruction by the Soviet fighter. Moreover, they did not give any signals for help. This gave birth to a version that the Soviet pilot shot down some other aircraft, probably an American RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, which looks very much like a Boeing 747. Interestingly, Gennady Osipovich, the pilot of the Su-15 that shot down the liner, was sure that his target was a non-civilian aircraft. In particular, Osipovich expresses doubt that such a large aircraft as the Boeing 747 could have been shot down with just two R-60 missiles, which he fired at him.
It is curious that the missing bodies of the dead excited the imagination of some American journalists: a version appeared in the Western press that the Soviet military burned the bodies in a crematorium to cover their tracks.
But let's get back to the direct evidence. One of the Soviet divers who took part in the search recalled: “I did not miss a single descent. I have a very clear impression: the plane was filled with garbage, and there were no people there. Why? Well, if a plane crashes, even a small one. As a rule, there should be suitcases, handbags, at least suitcase handles ... And there were things that, I think, normal people should not carry on an airplane. Well, let's say, a roll of amalgam - like from a garbage heap ... All clothes, like from a landfill - pieces are torn out of it ... We have been working for almost a month! ... There were also few wearable things - there were very few jackets, raincoats, shoes. And what they found was some kind of rip!”
All this gave reason to say that the liner, discovered a few weeks after the disaster, is a falsification.
"Evidence" that sailed to the Japanese islands
A week after the disappearance of the liner, small fragments of the Boeing, pieces of skin, the remains of luggage were thrown onto the coast of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. Experts put forward the version that the "material evidence" was brought to Japan from the area of Soviet Sakhalin, where the liner was shot down. True, there was one "but". The fact is that in September 1983 in the Sakhalin region there was not a single current that would drive waves from south to north. Detailed weather reports claimed that a strong wind was blowing in the opposite direction. In other words, the wreckage of the aircraft could only have entered Japan from the south, not from the north.
"Crimes against humanity"
US President Ronald Reagan, upon learning of the sinking of the South Korean liner, called the incident "a crime against humanity that must never be forgotten." Moreover, Washington had its own account for the actions of the Soviet air defense, since US Congressman Larry MacDonald, a temperamental anti-communist and very promising politician, died in the crash. However, for unknown reasons, the offense was forgotten by the American side very quickly. George Shultz, the US Secretary of State, got down to business with great enthusiasm at the beginning: a group of the best investigators from the Transportation Safety Administration was sent to Alaska to investigate the tragedy. However, after only a few days, the investigators returned to Washington without starting an investigation.
Two weeks before the disaster
The loss of interest in the fate of the KAL-007 flight among the Americans coincided with the news that a South Korean passenger plane with tail number NL-7442 was at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington for three days - from August 11 to 14, 1983. It is at this airbase, by the way, that the American presidential liner is still based - “Air Force One of the United States”. Interestingly, the technological maintenance of the South Korean aircraft on Andrews was carried out in the hangar of a company that supplied special electronic equipment. It remains only to add that it is the board with the number HK-7442 that will make the ill-fated flight on September 1, 1983 with the dissonant and at the same time symbolic name -KAL-007 ...
