sentences:  Korean Air Lines Flight 007, also known as KAL 007 or KE007, was a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 civilian airliner shot down by a Soviet Air Force Su-15TM interceptor on 1 September 1983, near Moneron Island just west of Sakhalin Island.269 passengers and crew, including US congressman Larry McDonald, were aboard KAL 007; there were no survivors.An official investigation concluded that the course deviation was likely caused by pilot error in configuring the air navigation system.