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==Korean Airlines==

==Korean Airlines==

The national air carrier of the South Korean state is Korean Airlines. The most famous incident involving the airline is the shooting down by the Soviets of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] near [[Moneron Island]] just west of the Soviet [[Sakhalin]] Island on Sept. 1, 1983. Among the 269 people on board this flight was a sitting conservative congressman (Democratic) from the state of [[Georgia]], [[Larry McDonald]], a younger cousin of General [[George Patton]]. Staunchly anti-communist, Larry McDonald, just three months earlier, had been elected the second head of the [[John Birch Society]]. Senator [[Jesse Helms]] was scheduled to also be aboard KAL 007 but was spared by boarding the sister flight for the trip from the U.S.to Korea, KAL 015. Both McDonald and Helms, with other congressmen, were on their way to Korea to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Mutual Defense Treaty.

The national air carrier of the South Korean state is Korean Airlines. The most famous incident involving the airline is the shooting down by the Soviets of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] near [[Moneron Island]] just west of the Soviet [[Sakhalin]] Island on Sept. 1, 1983. Among the 269 people on board this flight was a sitting conservative congressman (Democratic) from the state of [[Georgia]], [[Larry McDonald]], a younger cousin of General [[George Patton]]. Staunchly anti-communist, Larry McDonald, just three months earlier, had been elected the second head of the [[John Birch Society]]. Senator [[Jesse Helms]] was scheduled to also be aboard KAL 007 but was spared by boarding the sister flight for the trip from the U.S.to Korea, KAL 015. Both McDonald and Helms, with other congressmen, were on their way to Korea to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Mutual Defense Treaty.

==See also==

==See also==