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Malaysian Air Flight 17 likely joins group of deadly shoot downs

Name: Malaysian Air Flight 17 likely joins group of deadly shoot downs
Uploaded: 2014-07-17T18:41:00-0400
Duration: 39 s
Description: If Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, it won’t be the first time this sort of incident has occurred. In 1983, a Soviet fighter shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 on its way from New York to Seoul. And in 1988, a missile fired from the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf brought down Iran Air Flight 665. Scott Pelley reports.

If Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, it won’t be the first time this sort of incident has occurred. In 1983, a Soviet fighter shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 on its way from New York to Seoul. And in 1988, a missile fired from the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf brought down Iran Air Flight 665. Scott Pelley reports.