Errrm, I doubt the KAL 007 pilot put his passengers at risk without a very good reason (spelt CIA). I doubt the CIA would gain anything by convincing a Pakistani pilot to do the same… and considering the track record of shooting down planes I doubt the Pakistani pilot would be that stupid.

According to the Soviet version of events the KAL 007 pilot reduced speed to try to get the interceptor to stall… it was hardly an accident, nor do I think it was a case that the pilot couldn’t see the warnings or didn’t know what they meant.

Unless you have conclusive proof KAL 007 was a spy flight Garry, the outcome of any flight that strays into Russian air space and doesn’t budge for whatever reason is open to speculation, as far as I am concerned. I guess we will probably never know for sure what happened, or who did what and why. But thats why its fun to speculate.