Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash

1983 shoot-down of a civilian airliner over the then–Soviet Union
Event aircraft_shootdown Q18180
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash

Summary

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash is an aircraft shootdown[1]. It draws 2,863 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_shootdown category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash is in the country of South Korea[3].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash is in the country of Soviet Union[4].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash is in the country of United States[5].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's image is recorded as Boeing 747-2B5B, Korean Air Lines AN0600191.jpg[7].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's instance of is recorded as aircraft shootdown[8].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's instance of is recorded as airspace intrusion[9].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's item operated is recorded as Boeing 747-200[10].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's operator is recorded as Q213147[11].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's locator map image is recorded as KAL007.svg[12].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's locator map image is recorded as KAL007 MAP Farsi .svg[13].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's locator map image is recorded as KAL007-ru.svg[14].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's locator map image is recorded as 대한항공 007편 격추 사건.png[15].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's locator map image is recorded as KAL007-pl.svg[16].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85073072[17].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's location is recorded as Moneron Island[18].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's Commons category is recorded as Korean Air Lines Flight 007[19].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's point in time is recorded as +1983-09-01T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.566666666667, 'lon': 141.28333333333}[21].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r7f4[22].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph122257[23].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Korean Air Lines Flight 007[24].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+269'}[25].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+246'}[26].
  • Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+23'}[27].

Why It Matters

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash draws 2,863 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_shootdown category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . The Cold War: A New History (1 ed.). wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The Cold War: A New History (1 ed.). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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