What the records say
- When
- 1 Jul 1968
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 44.92° N, 147.62° E
- Description
- Soviet-American airspace incident in 1968
- Deaths
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A
1968 aviation incident
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was a military charter flight carrying 214 American troops bound for South Vietnam. On July 1, 1968, the plane was intercepted by Soviet jets after it unintentionally violated Soviet airspace. It was forced to land on one of the Soviet-controlled Kuril Islands with all 238 Americans aboard being detained for two days.
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