Korean Air Lines Flight 007

On September 16, 1983 a White House press secretary read a statement on the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. It is announced that the GPS system should be available for civil aviation with the planned completion in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/statement-deputy-press-secretary-speakes-soviet-attack-korean-civilian-airliner-1 |title=Announcement on Korean Airlines Flight 007 |date=1983-09-16 |access-date=2022-08-27 |publisher=Reagan Administration}}</ref> This communication was sometimes understood as the release of the military project for the general public. However, the GPS system was developed from the start for military and civilian navigation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10557 |title=Radionavigation Action Plan 1979 |date=1979-04-01 |access-date=2022-08-27 |publisher=Department of Transportation |last1=Gutwein |first1=Joseph M.}}</ref>

On September 16, 1983 a White House press secretary read a statement on the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. It is announced that the GPS system should be available for civil aviation with the planned completion in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/statement-deputy-press-secretary-speakes-soviet-attack-korean-civilian-airliner-1 |title=Announcement on Korean Airlines Flight 007 |date=1983-09-16 |access-date=2022-08-27 |publisher=Reagan Administration}}</ref> This communication was sometimes understood as the release of the military project for the general public. However, the GPS system was developed from the start for military and civilian navigation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10557 |title=Radionavigation Action Plan 1979 |date=1979-04-01 |access-date=2022-08-27 |publisher=Department of Transportation |last1=Gutwein |first1=Joseph M.}}</ref>

The regular air route between Seoul and Moscow started in April 1990 as the result of the [[Nordpolitik]] policy of South Korea, operated by [[Aeroflot]] and [[Korean Air]]; meanwhile, all 9 of Korean Air's European routes would start passing through Soviet airspace. This was the first time Korean Air aircraft was officially permitted to pass through Soviet airspace.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=ko:서울–모스크바 직항로 4월1일 개설 |url=https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/1990010600221 |publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]] |date=January 6, 1990 |language=ko}}</ref>

The regular air route between Seoul and Moscow started in April 1990 as the result of the [[Nordpolitik]] policy of South Korea, operated by [[Aeroflot]] and [[Korean Air]]; meanwhile, all 9 of Korean Air's European routes would start passing through Soviet airspace. This was the first time Korean Air aircraft was officially permitted to pass through Soviet airspace.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1990 |title= |script-title=ko:서울–모스크바 직항로 4월1일 개설 |trans-title=Seoul-Moscow direct route opens on April 1 |url=https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/1990010600221 |publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]] |language=ko}}</ref>

[[Alvin Snyder]], the director of worldwide television for the [[United States Information Agency]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/usfa/ |title=U.S. Foreign Affairs in the New Information Age |publisher=Northwestern |access-date=April 5, 2010 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013915/http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/usfa/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> was the producer of the video shown to the U.N. Security Council on September 6, 1983.<ref name="Washington Post 1996">"Flight 007: The rest of the story", ''The Washington Post'', September 1, 1996.</ref> In an article in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' on September 1, 1996, he stated that he had been given only limited access to the transcripts of the Soviet communication when he produced the video in 1983.<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> When he received full insight into the Soviet transmissions in 1993, he says he realized that: "The Russians (sic) believed the plane to be an RC-135 reconnaissance plane"<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> and that "Osipovich (the Soviet fighter pilot) could not identify the plane"<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> and "That he fired warning cannon shots and tipped his wings, an international signal to force the plane to land".<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> Some of these statements were contradicted by the pilot in an interview with ''The New York Times'',<ref name="nytimes-Osipovich"/> in which he confirmed that he did fire warning shots, but that they would not have been visible as they were not tracers.<ref>Discovery Channel, episode "Unsolved History, KAL&nbsp;007"</ref>

[[Alvin Snyder]], the director of worldwide television for the [[United States Information Agency]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/usfa/ |title=U.S. Foreign Affairs in the New Information Age |publisher=Northwestern |access-date=April 5, 2010 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013915/http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/usfa/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> was the producer of the video shown to the U.N. Security Council on September 6, 1983.<ref name="Washington Post 1996">"Flight 007: The rest of the story", ''The Washington Post'', September 1, 1996.</ref> In an article in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' on September 1, 1996, he stated that he had been given only limited access to the transcripts of the Soviet communication when he produced the video in 1983.<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> When he received full insight into the Soviet transmissions in 1993, he says he realized that: "The Russians (sic) believed the plane to be an RC-135 reconnaissance plane"<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> and that "Osipovich (the Soviet fighter pilot) could not identify the plane"<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> and "That he fired warning cannon shots and tipped his wings, an international signal to force the plane to land".<ref name="Washington Post 1996"/> Some of these statements were contradicted by the pilot in an interview with ''The New York Times'',<ref name="nytimes-Osipovich"/> in which he confirmed that he did fire warning shots, but that they would not have been visible as they were not tracers.<ref>Discovery Channel, episode "Unsolved History, KAL&nbsp;007"</ref>

In 1984, a song about Flight 007 was featured on the [[Gary Moore]] album ''[[Victims of the Future]]'' under the title "Murder in the Skies".

In 1984, a song about Flight 007 was featured on the [[Gary Moore]] album ''[[Victims of the Future]]'' under the title "Murder in the Skies".

In 1989, HBO released the film ''[[Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy]]'', with Michael Moriarty, Michael Murphy, Chris Sarandon, and Harris Yulin, about the case of Korean Air Lines flight 007.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Stark|url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-vol-32-no-8/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy|publisher=People.com|date=1989-08-21|accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/477007/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy|title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - Overview|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|date=|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-v66968|title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - David Darlow|publisher=AllMovie|date=|accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref>

In 1989, HBO released the film ''[[Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy]]'', with Michael Moriarty, Michael Murphy, Chris Sarandon, and Harris Yulin, about the case of Korean Air Lines flight 007.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Stark|url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-vol-32-no-8/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy|publisher=People.com|date=1989-08-21|accessdate=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/477007/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy|title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - Overview|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|date=|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brennan |first=Sandra |date= |title=Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) - David Darlow |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-v66968 |accessdate=2025-02-19 |publisher=AllMovie}}</ref>

The disaster was referenced several times in the 1991 thriller film ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]].''

The disaster was referenced several times in the 1991 thriller film ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]].''