Item BRINK OF APOCALYPSE 2/9 - Interview with Gennady Ossipovich, USSR Fighter Pilot, Far East Section [the Pilot who shot down civilian flight KAL 007], [2007]

Typescript transcript of interview with Gennady Ossipovich, USSR Fighter Pilot, Far East Section [the Pilot who shot down civilian flight KAL 007]. Subjects include his role as deputy regiment commander stationed on Sakhalin Island; the violation of USSR air space by American reconnaissance planes; shooting down of Korean Airlines flight KAL 007; situations in when a passenger plane could legitimately be shot down; the awareness that it was a Boeing 474 passenger plane, deviated 700km from its route, the lack of faces seen by Ossipovich; the possibility that Korean Airlines flight KAL 007 didn’t see the gun fire; the emotion and determination behind shooting down a plane; authorities keeping their distance from Ossipovich; warning signals sent to Korean Airlines flight KAL 007; ground control message to KAL 007; recording fake evidence after the shooting down of Korean Airlines flight KAL 007, using an electric razor; the findings of the submarine that investigated the crash, rumours surrounding the incident; Original interview conducted in Russian, transcript in English 31pp