“Flat out lies by the Iranians, but who’s surprised?”
I think the Iranian statement is consistent, certainly more consistent than anything coming from the Democrats...that Trump was somehow responsible.
It’s quite possible that the usual flight path of the plane would look like an attack. But if the air defenses are not on high alert, and other airlines figured out it’s not worth flying at that time...then poorly trained operators there think it’s an attack, when it shows up, even if on schedule and on path.
They never said it veered off or might have been spying, as the Russians had said about Korean Flight 007 after they shot it down (and let’s be real, how can a flight numbered 007 NOT be spying?)
They lied from start saying they didn’t shoot down the plane. They knew they did right off the bat. When they couldn’t get away with that lie any more, they had to come up with a reason for shooting it down. Covering up for some trigger-happy idiots isn’t an excuse to come up with this Bovine Scatology.
It’s too bad Ukraine didn’t cancel their flights for the night like a few other countries did. I guess they felt it was safe since Iran had announced they were through firing missiles for the time being and it was hours later.
Nobody is asking how it got tower clearance for take off.
They are only flying at 250 mph or so. P-51’s in WW2 would be traveling faster.