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Chun Doo Hwan in Office
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Ronald Reagan in Office
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Yuri Andropov in Office
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Departure
KAL 007 departs wth 269 passengers from JFK, refuels at Anchorage, heads to Gimpo, Korea. -
ShootDown
KAL 007 is off course as soon as it leaves Anchorage and is shot down by Soviet jet. Soviet begins search for the plane's whereabouts. -
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Soviet Search
Confined to 60 square mile area. -
South Korean President Chun's Statement
President Chun remarked the incident as an “Unpardonable and outrageous atrocity,” and further stated that “Soviets should apologize and take responsibility.” -
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Task Force 71 Search
225 square miles outside Soviet water was searched, but found nothing. Done by the cooperation of US, Japan, and South Korea. -
Ronal Reagan's Speech
Ronald Reagan makes a speech of the KAl 007 incident. -
First Soviet Civilian Divers
First Soviet civilian divers claimed to have found no bodies and no luggages. Suggested that the Soviet military divers moved the plane wreckage with trawls. -
Footwear Given
Soviet General Romaneko hands footwear of 198 of 269 passengers to US and Japanese officials. -
Black Box Found by Soviets
Soviets found the black box, but concealed it from the world. -
Dissolution of USSR
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US State Department Dismisses Possibilities of Survivors
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Yeltsin Hands Blackboxes to President Roh Tae Woo
Does not give the FDR tapes
