24, London: A Canadair Challenger 601 business jet arrives at London from Calgary, setting a world record for miles flown by a business jet, at 4,364.2 miles.
1, U.S.S.R: A Korean AirBoeing 747, Korean Air flight 007, is downed by military soviet planes. According to investigations, the Korean Air plane had strayed off course and into Russian airspace near Sakhalin Island. Soviet pilots claimed the plane had ignored warnings, and the plane was shot down by a Sukhoi Su-15 military plane. All 269 on board died. This incident is similar, albeit much more tragic, to another incident that involved Soviet airplanes and a Korean Air Boeing 707 in 1978.
4, Libya: In reprisal to an attack of American military bases in Beirut, 28 United States NavyGrumman A-6E intruders attack suspected terrorist bases in Libya.