Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Korean Air Lines Flight 902

Aircraft shot down by Soviet air defense

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from Paris to Seoul via Anchorage. On 20 April 1978, the Soviet air defense shot down the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 707, near Murmansk, Soviet Union, after the aircraft violated Soviet airspace.