Posted on 01/09/2020 11:34:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Pentagon officials believe the Iranian regime shot down Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS 752 with a Russian anti-aircraft missile Tuesday night. All 176 innocent civilians and the crew were killed. The victims were from Canada, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iran. There were no Americans onboard.
"Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a Boeing 737–800 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airpot to Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport, stopped transmitting data Tuesday just minutes after takeoff and not long after Iran launched missiles at military bases housing U.S. and allied forces in neighboring Iraq. The aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, known to NATO as Gauntlet, the three officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter," Newsweek reports.
BREAKING: U.S. officials have shared intelligence with Canada to back up the view that Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 152 was brought down by an Iranian missile, sources tell CBC News.— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 9, 2020
The plane, which was flying away from Tehran, was shot down hours after Iran launched more than a dozen missiles from inside the country toward Al Asad airbase in Iraq. This was done in retaliation for the killing of Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani. Nobody was harmed and there were no casualties from the attack.
Senior US official tells me that it was a Russian SA15 missile that brought down the Ukrainian civilian airliner. "An absolute tragedy," the official told Fox News. "They just screwed up and it is tragic."— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) January 9, 2020
For now officials are saying the shoot down was a mistake, but it was just a few days ago Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened commercial aircraft travel. He did so by reminding President Trump of an accidental plane shoot down by the U.S. in 1988. Since then aircraft and radar technology has vastly improved to avoid attacks on commercial flights. Iran is refusing to turn over the black box to Boeing for evaluation.
Pentagon officials believe the Iranian regime shot down Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS 752 with a Russian anti-aircraft missile Tuesday night. All 176 innocent civilians and the crew were killed. The victims were from Canada, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iran. There were no Americans onboard.
"Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a Boeing 737–800 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airpot to Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport, stopped transmitting data Tuesday just minutes after takeoff and not long after Iran launched missiles at military bases housing U.S. and allied forces in neighboring Iraq. The aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, known to NATO as Gauntlet, the three officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter," Newsweek reports.
BREAKING: U.S. officials have shared intelligence with Canada to back up the view that Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 152 was brought down by an Iranian missile, sources tell CBC News.— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 9, 2020
The plane, which was flying away from Tehran, was shot down hours after Iran launched more than a dozen missiles from inside the country toward Al Asad airbase in Iraq. This was done in retaliation for the killing of Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani. Nobody was harmed and there were no casualties from the attack.
Senior US official tells me that it was a Russian SA15 missile that brought down the Ukrainian civilian airliner. "An absolute tragedy," the official told Fox News. "They just screwed up and it is tragic."— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) January 9, 2020
For now officials are saying the shoot down was a mistake, but it was just a few days ago Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened commercial aircraft travel. He did so by reminding President Trump of an accidental plane shoot down by the U.S. in 1988. Since then aircraft and radar technology has vastly improved to avoid attacks on commercial flights. Iran is refusing to turn over the black box to Boeing for evaluation.
Oh! The irony!!! Iran uses a downed civilian airplane as one of many justifications for hating the USA.
(Very sorry for the victims & their families).
Russian SAM batteries must identify Ukrainian commercial flights as enemy bombers. It seems the only logical explanation for history.
There is a video on twitter now, allegedly showing a missile hitting the airliner. I have no idea if it is genuine.
source - https://twitter.com/NarimanGharib
“There were no Americans onboard. “
Hmm..
You think we didn’t know about this moments after it happened, AWACS and E-2C probably picked this up during their regular surveillance missions over the Gulf or in Saudi airspace.
“somebody did something... like pushed the wrong button.”
Waiting for all the Dems and the MSM to come out and say this is a lie made up by POTUS to make the Iranians look bad.
Russian SAM batteries no doubt have many parts made in Ukraine.
It was reported Canadian intel had information an engine overheated. How the heck would Canadian intel know about this?
We paid over 60 million to the families of the people on the Iranian flight we shot down in 1988.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
This is going to hurt Iran’s budget.
The Iranians probably told them. It was reported in Canada up to 130 people on board had some connection with Canada so the idiot boy leader said he wanted some answers.
No it won’t. They’ll blame Trump just like the dims do.
Speed and altitude were normal until a major event happened. All communication (transponders, etc.) ceased at that point. If an engine had overheated or there had been an engine failure or some other mechanical problem, it’s very likely communications would have continued for at least a bit. Also most mechanical issues don’t cause in-flight breakups.
A missile up the back of the engine would cause it to overheat.
I think the strategy will be the rat media’s most potent weapon, and that is not reporting on it. Just down the memory hole. Media blackout.
I just found it odd Canadian intel would be speaking so authoritatively this.
Are Americans banned from traveling to Iran? I was told that is the reason there were no Americans on the flight.
Own goal.
Poor civilians caught in a war. I still remember the Iranian passenger plane shot down by the USS Vincennes, and the rather heartless way July 4 fireworks went on as scheduled the next day.
President Reagan expressed “deep regret” and we later paid compensation. That’s for youngsters reading if we have any.
Was anyone on it linked to Burisma or Naftogaz on it?
The good part of this is Canadians won’t be able to blame Trump for this. Since its an accident it appears it would have happened regardless of the killing of the Iranian general. Nothing to do with Trump or the USA.
Puts Trudeau in a tough position though.
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