`Tailspin' interests but distorts facts

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (STAR) (STAR) Richard Burt Michael Murphy Maj. Hank Daniels Michael Moriarty John Lenczowski Chris Sarandon

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Who was responsible for the deaths of 269 passengers and crew onKorean Airlines Flight 007 six years ago after the jumbo jet was shotdown by a Soviet fighter plane over Sakhalin Island?

Was the plane on a secret intelligence mission? Did the Sovietsact with a cruel disregard for human life? Was the horrible tragedymerely the result of …