Finnair Flight 915: 5 Facts About The Alleged Attempted Airliner Shootdown That Was Kept Secret For 27 Years

While Finland is now a member of NATO, during the Cold War, it was forced by the USSR to become a natural country (in a process called ‘Finlandization’). In 2014, it came to light that a Finnair passenger jet had nearly been shot down by a missile in 1987. It’s now been over 100 years since Finnair’s first flight and, over that time, the company has had to operate during the Winter War, the Continuation War, and the constant threat of the USSR during the Cold War.