South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake (Reuters)

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Reuters - South Korean Marines fired rifles at a South Korean commercial aircraft flying near the sea border with North Korea, thinking it was one of the communist North's jet fighters, but they never hit their target, military sources said on Saturday.

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That airliner was never supposed to be there.
Honestly doesn't matter what the plane looks like, if you show up unannounced there, you will be shot.
 
That airliner was never supposed to be there.
Honestly doesn't matter what the plane looks like, if you show up unannounced there, you will be shot.

Probably the same excuse as the Soviets provided when they shot down Korean Airlines flight 007 near SHakalin islands in 1983... :roll:
 
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