A representative from Eastport International monitors the unmanned submersible Deep Drone from the fleet tug USNS NARRAGANSETT (T-ATF 167) as the cutter USCG MUNRO (WHEC 724) patrols on the horizon during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 F. Barbante, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
17/09/1983
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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