U-2 incident of 1960

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Cold War incident diplomatic incident international crisis

The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
1960 U-2 incident	5
U-2 incident of 1960 canonical	4
U-2 incident	3
Sputnik crisis	1
U-2 reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union	1
U-2 reconnaissance program	1
U-2 spy plane incident	1
US U-2 reconnaissance flights	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War incident ⓘ diplomatic incident ⓘ international crisis ⓘ
aircraftOperator	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
aircraftRole	high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType	Lockheed U-2 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: 1960 U-2 incident Powers incident ⓘ U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: U-2 spy plane incident
category	1960 in international relations ⓘ Aerial reconnaissance incidents ⓘ United States–Soviet Union relations ⓘ
cause	U.S. reconnaissance flight over Soviet territory ⓘ
conflictContext	Cold War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1960-05-01 ⓘ
exchangeDate	1962-02-10 ⓘ
exchangeLocation	Glienicke Bridge, Berlin ⓘ
followedBy	greater reliance on reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key turning point in late Eisenhower-era Cold War diplomacy ⓘ
initialUSResponse	claimed aircraft was a weather research plane ⓘ
intelligenceContext	U.S. aerial reconnaissance over Soviet strategic sites ⓘ
legalOutcomeForPilot	trial in Soviet Union ⓘ
location	near Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive international press coverage ⓘ
pilot	Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
pilotExchange	Francis Gary Powers exchanged for Rudolf Abel ⓘ
pilotNationality	American ⓘ
pilotSentence	10 years imprisonment ⓘ
plannedMeetingParticipants	Charles de Gaulle ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Harold Macmillan ⓘ Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
precededBy	series of U-2 overflights of Soviet territory ⓘ
propagandaImpact	embarrassment for United States ⓘ
result	U-2 spy plane shot down ⓘ capture of pilot Francis Gary Powers ⓘ collapse of Paris Summit of 1960 ⓘ severe deterioration of U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ
shotDownBy	Soviet surface-to-air missile ⓘ
SovietLeaderAtTime	Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
SovietResponse	publicly revealed captured pilot and wreckage ⓘ
strategicImpact	increased mistrust between superpowers ⓘ setback for Eisenhower’s policy of détente ⓘ
summitAffected	Paris Summit of 1960 ⓘ
USPresidentAtTime	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
weaponType	S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ

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Dwight D. Eisenhower → notableEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

Cuban Missile Crisis → discoveredBy → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: US U-2 reconnaissance flights

U-2 incident of 1960 → alsoKnownAs → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

U-2 incident of 1960 → alsoKnownAs → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 spy plane incident

Eisenhower administration → inOfficeDuring → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 incident

Allen Dulles → notableEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

Powers incident → alsoKnownAs → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 incident

Powers incident → alsoKnownAs → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

Lockheed U-2 → notableEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

Francis Gary Powers → notableWork → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union

Francis Gary Powers → participantIn → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 reconnaissance program

Paris Summit of 1960 → hasPrecedingEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

Soviet Air Defense Forces → engagedIn → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

Bridge of Spies → basedOn → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 incident

Vanguard program → relatedEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sputnik crisis

Dragon Lady → notableEvent → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockheed U-2

this entity surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

Barbara Gay Moore → participantIn → U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Gary Powers

this entity surface form: 1960 U-2 incident