A civilian contractor stands behind cable attached to a sonar device during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Japan on August 30, 1983. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed
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Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul Soutar, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/09/1983
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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