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Prior to the shootdown of KAL 007 in 1983, there had never been an instance of a Boeing 747 having crashed at sea. This made it difficult to assess what should or should not occur in such an incident. Subsequent to the shootdown, there were a number of incidences. The following is a comparison of Boeing 747 and other large bodied craft crashes at sea with the crash (alleged) of KAL 007.

Prior to the shootdown of KAL 007 in 1983, there had never been an instance of a Boeing 747 having crashed at sea. This made it difficult to assess what should or should not occur in such an incident. Subsequent to the shootdown, there were a number of incidences. The following is a comparison of Boeing 747 and other large bodied craft crashes at sea with the crash (alleged) of KAL 007.

*Case Five. July 17, 1996. Trans World Airlines Flight 800, a Boeing 747, exploded possibly due to mechanical causes in the air over the Atlantic.  All 230 passengers and crew perished. All 230 passengers and crew (bodies, body parts and tissues) were recovered and identified over a one-year period, the last two being identified through DNA analysis.  

*Case Five. July 17, 1996. Trans World Airlines Flight 800, a Boeing 747, exploded possibly due to mechanical causes in the air over the Atlantic.  All 230 passengers and crew perished. All 230 passengers and crew (bodies, body parts and tissues) were recovered and identified over a one-year period, the last two being identified through DNA analysis.  

*Case Six.  On Sept. 2, 1998, Swissair Flt. 111, an MD-11,  crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres from shore near the communities of Peggy's Cove and Bayswater. All 229 people on board were killed. The investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada took over four years . The aircraft broke apart on impact with the water, and most of the debris sank to the ocean floor at depth of 55 m or 180 ft. Only one of the victims was visually identifiable. 147 were identified by fingerprint, dental records, and X-ray comparisons. The remaining 81 were identified through DNA tests.  Over 15,000 body parts and body tissues were recovered.  

*Case Six.  On Sept. 2, 1998, Swissair Flt. 111, an MD-11,  crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres from shore near the communities of Peggy's Cove and Bayswater. All 229 people on board were killed. The investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada took over four years . The aircraft broke apart on impact with the water, and most of the debris sank to the ocean floor at depth of 55 m or 180 ft. Only one of the victims was visually identifiable. 147 were identified by fingerprint, dental records, and X-ray comparisons. The remaining 81 were identified through DNA tests.  Over 15,000 body parts and body tissues were recovered.  

*The case of KAL 007. On September 1, 1983, rocketed at 35,000 feet over Sakhalin Island. Aircraft remains and other debris located on the surface of the Tatar Straits ranging from 656 feet (200 meters) to 1,640 feet (800 meters).  

*The case of KAL 007. On September 1, 1983, rocketed at 35,000 feet over Sakhalin Island. Aircraft remains and other debris located on the surface of the Tatar Straits ranging from 656 feet (200 meters) to 1,640 feet (800 meters).  

Human remains unrecovered but reported (1991) by Soviet civilian divers in dives starting 7 days from shootdown - one partial torso, 10 human body parts or tissues, possibly from same individual.

Human remains unrecovered but reported (1991) by Soviet civilian divers in dives starting 7 days from shootdown - one partial torso, 10 human body parts or tissues, possibly from same individual.

Amount of aircraft structural debris—”likened to that of a crash of a Piper Cub.” (Republican Staff Study 1991, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, p. 10.)   

Amount of aircraft structural debris—”likened to that of a crash of a Piper Cub.” (Republican Staff Study 1991, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, p. 10.)   

The Republican Staff Study report summarizes,  “Almost all of KAL 007’s wreckage, luggage, and all the 269 innocent people on it seem to have simply disappeared completely on the night of August 31—September 1, 1983, almost without a trace...

The Republican Staff Study report summarizes,  “Almost all of KAL 007’s wreckage, luggage, and all the 269 innocent people on it seem to have simply disappeared completely on the night of August 31—September 1, 1983, almost without a trace...

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Soviet diver to KAL 007 says no bodies, no luggage]]

*[[Soviet diver to KAL 007 says no bodies, no luggage]]

*[[The Soviet's Deception of the Location of KAL 007's Water Landing]]

*[[The Soviet's Deception of the Location of KAL 007's Water Landing]]

*[[Valeri Kamensky]]

*[[Valeri Kamensky]]

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.rescue007.org/ The International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]

* [http://www.rescue007.org/ The International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]

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