It was shot down. There were naval exercises going on in the area during this time, i still have the twa 800 video report made later on showing it reconstructed as much as possible, surface to air missile destroyed it. Total coverup.
Bumping for hocker (RIP)
No. Iranian missiles fired by former Republican Guards turned mercenaries, and in the hire of a prominent Iranian family who wanted revenge for the shooting down of Iran Air flight 655 by the USS Vincennes.
Bill Clinton ordered a coverup and ordered evidence destroyed.
Two biggest problems with the Navy missile theory:
Item one: How do you keep a ship load of sailors quiet for thirty years? This can not be explained away. The stakes are high, but they would know the score. LOTS of ‘em are gonna talk. Immediately. You can’t arrange accidents and kill them all to keep ‘em quiet.
Item two: Recall the era. These were the days of the “peace dividends”. The zeitgeist of the clintonista regime was to divert military spending toward social engineering. If there was any truth to the Navy missile theory, the Clinton’s would have run with it. Bill “loathed the military” - (his very own written words)