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Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

  • TV Movie
  • 19891989
  • 1h 22m
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6.2/10
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Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989)
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Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
133
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POPULARITY
54,823
4,318
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    • Director
      • David Darlow
    • Writer
      • Brian Phelan
    • Stars
      • Michael Murphy
      • Michael Moriarty
      • Chris Sarandon
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      • David Darlow
    • Writer
      • Brian Phelan
    • Stars
      • Michael Murphy
      • Michael Moriarty
      • Chris Sarandon
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    • 9User reviews
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      • 1 nomination

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    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Richard Burt
    Michael Moriarty
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    • Maj. Hank Daniels
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    • John Lenczowski
    Harris Yulin
    Harris Yulin
    • Gen. Tyson
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    Richard Holmes
    • Clark
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      Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    Truth behind the KAL 007 Intel Intercept
    As Sgrignoli (whom I remember) said in his review, Larry was obviously not a part of what really happened on that fateful night of August 31 into September 1, 1983. I was a Russian Linguist and came in on the day shift. The movie does not accurately portray what happens in a SCIF (secure intel facility). I would add that I was one of the linguists later assigned in Wakkanai the next year. Even our analysts, as Sgrignoli points out, don't know the actual story. I was assigned in Wakkanai with the linguist who actually copied the shootdown; he told me how it really happened, but I won't go into that detail here. The movie is good for entertainment and to enlighten the common public about that significant event. I hope in this 35th anniversary year that more people will want to remember what happened and why it is important. I went on to leave the USAF after 13 years and did 8 years with the Army, finishing my time in 2004 in Ar Ramadi Iraq. I watched 6 men die (one of them my best buddy) and many others get shot to pieces for no good reason. Death of civilians and soldiers in any way is really so useless. There was no need for the KAL 007 to be shot down, nor was there a need for the "war" in Iraq.
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    • Release date
      • August 20, 1989 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Todesflug KAL 007
    • Filming locations
      • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
      • Granada Television
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      1 hour 22 minutes
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      • Color

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