Korean airliner.

1983
The Soviet downing of a Korean passenger airliner precipitates a crisis for exchanges. A series of sanctions and countersanctions results in the disruption of air traffic and landing rights, causing exchange cancellations and delays. For the first time in 25 years of exchanges, the Soviets recall exchange participants in the United States out of fear for their treatment during an atmosphere of crisis in US-Soviet relations.

Due to the tense political climate, meetings for the renewal of a formal US-USSR exchange agreement are once again postponed. Continue...