Tweet Part of a radio intercept between ground control and the SU15 pilots as they preprare to engage Korean Air Lines flight 007.  All 269 passengers and crew on board Flight KAL007 were lost when the aircraft was attacked by SU-15 interceptors, having strayed into Soviet airspace. The 747-230B remained under control for some time after the proximity fused radar guided R98 missiles had detonated, but More.. a loss of hydraulic pressure saw the machine eventually become uncontrollable. The aircraft was located near Moneron Island at a depth of 571 feet.