班机进入苏联领空大约在1983年8月31日午夜,苏联驻美使馆临时代办奥莱格·索科洛夫接到助理国务卿理查德·伯特打来的紧急电话。伯特通告说,韩国航空公司007号班机在自纽约飞往汉城的航线上在萨哈林岛(即库页岛)地区某地失踪,机上载有包括一位美国众议员在内的269名旅客。他说,飞机可能偶然侵入了苏联领空,并做紧急着陆。当时美国监侦部队未能得到进一步的 The flight entered the Soviet Union’s airspace at about midnight on August 31, 1983, when Oleg Sokolov, Charg d’affaires ai of the Soviet Embassy in the United States, received an emergency call from Assistant Secretary of State Richard Bert. Burt informed that South Korea Airlines flight 007 was missing somewhere in the area of ​​Sakhalin (ie, Sakhalin) on the route from New York to Seoul, carrying 269 aircraft, including one U.S. Rep. Traveler. He said the plane might accidentally invade the Soviet airspace and make an emergency landing. At that time, the U.S. surveillance unit failed to get any further