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INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION
COUNCIL - 138TH SESSION
Subject No. 14: Subjects relating to air navigation
RESTRICTED C-WP/9742 11/3/93
INTERIM REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE FACT-FINDING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE SHOOTING DOWN OF KOREAN AIRLINES BOEING 747 (FLIGHT KAL-007) ON 31 AUGUST 1983
(Presented by the Secretary General)
SUMMARY
On 18 December 1992, the Council decided that ICAO should complete its fact-finding investigation relating to KAL-007. This paper reports on the action taken to date and outlines the future work in this respect.
• C-WP/9685
REFERENCES
C-WP/9684
C-Dec 137/15
Memorandum of the President of the Council AK/333
dated 14 December 1992
Memorandum SG 1340/93 dated 28 January 1993
*Principal references
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BACKGROUND
The Council, at the fifteenth meeting of its 137th Session, considered C-WP/9684 and C-WP/9685 on the subject of the shooting down of the Korean Airlines Boeing 747 (Flight KAL-007) on 31 August 1983 and decided (C-Dec 137/15) to complete the fact-finding investigation which ICAO initiated in 1983. The Council instructed the Secretary General to request all parties involved to co-operate fully with the Organization in turning over to ICAO, as soon as possible, all relevant materials, including the original tapes
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17 III 1993