Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia Registration HL7442 Flight origin John F. Kennedy International Airport,
New York City, New York, U.S. Stopover Anchorage International Airport,
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. Destination Gimpo International Airport,
Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
<span>Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007) [note 2] was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the South Korean airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but deviated from its original planned route and flew through Soviet prohibited airspace around the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance mission. The Soviet Air Defence Forces treated the unidentifi