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On April 20, 1978, a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902 near Murmansk after misidentifying the Boeing 707 as a USAF RC-135 spy plane. Hit by an R-60 missile, the crew managed an emergency landing on frozen Korpiyarvi Lake. All 107 passengers survived. The Soviet Union then invoiced South Korea $100,000 for caretaking expenses.
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