Korean Airlines Flight 007 versus Iran Air Flight 655

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Korean Airlines Flight 007 versus Iran Air
Flight 655
Korean Air Lines 007 269 Passengers and Crew Shot
down, Sep. 1, 1983
Iran Air Flight 655 290 Passengers and Crew Shot
down, July 3, 1988
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Two Narrative Frames

• America is Good
• Bad actions by Americans are
• Unusual
• Accidents
• NMF

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KAL 007
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Korean Airlines Flight 007
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Korean Airlines Flight 007
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Korean Airlines Flight 007
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Korean Airlines Flight 007
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KAL 007 Facts

• September 1, 1983
• Soviet Fighter Shot Down KAL 747
• 269 Passengers Crew Killed
• Soviets two hours to decide
• KAL nearly 400 miles off course
• Directly overflying Kamchatka top secret
  installation
• US spyplane (Boeing 737 based) had overflown
  earlier

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• http//www.metacafe.com/watch/342373/iran_air_flig
  ht_655_civilians_killed_by_the_u_s/

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Iran Air Flight 655 facts

• July 3, 1988 USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air
  Flight 655 killing 290 passengers and crew.
• Iran Air was on normal commercial flight path.
• Iran Air did not respond to US warnings
• Iran Air was climbing (not in an attack mode)
• USS Vincennes Radar operator warned Captain that
  could be commercial airliner

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Framing Salience
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TIME KAL 007
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TIME Iran Air 655
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Framing SalienceHow big is the Frame?
Comparison of US Media Coverage KAL 007 and Iran
Air 655