Reading post 582715 in main thread: N. Korean Mig-21 crashes in China
August 19th, 2010  
Shah
 
Why would the pilot want to defect to Russia rather than South Korea?

Surely entering Chinese airspace, with several times the length of N. Korea to cover just to get to Russia... S Korea seems like a much better option doesn't it?

Or was he perhaps trying to defect to China? Or would the Chinese send him back to be executed (or perhaps even have him shot down?)?
 
 
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