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Ukrainian plane carrying 180 crashes in Iran
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Posted on 01/07/2020 7:35:06 PM PST by janetjanet998

BREAKING: Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 180 people crashes near Tehran - local media


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airplane; alldead; aviation; boeing; boeing737; crash; iran; localnews; plane; planecrash; ps752; ukraine
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To: Tenacious 1

Yup. Gotta be an accident. At least it wasn’t intentionally shot down to make it look like the U.S. did anything nefarious.


121 posted on 01/07/2020 8:46:48 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Tenacious 1

That airliner hit by a Russian missile over Ukraine came down in little pieces. This one looks nothing like that situation.


122 posted on 01/07/2020 8:47:37 PM PST by lodi90
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To: cornfedcowboy

Or one helluva a coincidence. Stranger things have happened.


123 posted on 01/07/2020 8:47:54 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: janetjanet998

.... Somebody mistook the craft as an incoming OPFOR war plane ....


124 posted on 01/07/2020 8:48:20 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: lodi90

Just because that plane broke up doesn’t mean this one did. The anti-aircraft missiles detonate near the plane. They don’t hit them directly.


125 posted on 01/07/2020 8:50:56 PM PST by Smogger
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To: proust

Al owes you too?


126 posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:24 PM PST by rintintin
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To: BeauBo
"At some point, the regime insiders are going to bolt for their bolt holes."

I thought about that also. Great minds Etc.

127 posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:33 PM PST by matthew fuller (America's Dark Age-2009-2016.)
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To: lodi90

Missile hit doesn’t have to disintegrate the aircraft. All it has to to is hit something vital for control or lift. Not hard to do. Most every structural component, surface, or system on a plane is critical for flight, otherwise it wouldn’t be there.


128 posted on 01/07/2020 8:52:24 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: kiryandil

It appeared to be throwing sparks, and probably caught someone’s eye.

People can deploy those smartphones fast these days...
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True dat. Of course, the plane being hit by a shoulder fired MANPAD would catch the eye also.


129 posted on 01/07/2020 8:53:12 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: cornfedcowboy

3.6 yr old air frame.

This was a shoot down.

https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-ur-psr-ukraine-international-airlines/385qjz


130 posted on 01/07/2020 8:55:59 PM PST by Skywarner
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To: lodi90

That one was at 35,000 ft @ 500 mph. This one was at 8.000 feet @ 275 mph.... and the “little pieces” of the Malaysian 777 didn’t happen until it augerer into the ground and exploded.

There is appears to be a military base with helicopter landing pads about 1 mile north of the last transmission.


131 posted on 01/07/2020 8:56:56 PM PST by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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To: Viking2002

Pprune.com is a good site for aircraft talk, including crashes.


132 posted on 01/07/2020 8:59:32 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: janetjanet998

Too weird to comment on. I believe the plane took off from Teheran airport.

There’s flight data this early? Even from ground radar in Teheran?


133 posted on 01/07/2020 9:00:01 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: TTFlyer

I think that I noticed the plane sort of flared up in brightness a few seconds before the impact explosion.


134 posted on 01/07/2020 9:01:03 PM PST by matthew fuller (America's Dark Age-2009-2016.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Not only that, they already declared tech difficulties without doing an investigation.


135 posted on 01/07/2020 9:01:07 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Yeah sure. It comes from transponders on the plane and Flight Aware’s ground stations and software (Automatic dependent surveillance—broadcast (ADS–B).) It’s a commerical package or one of their competitors.


136 posted on 01/07/2020 9:04:16 PM PST by Smogger
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To: tcrlaf

** Al Hadath stating that the Ukrainian aircraft was shot down accidentally by Iranian air defense systems. **

This is possible, but since the news source is Jordanian, I will not be repeating it as true.


137 posted on 01/07/2020 9:07:38 PM PST by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: UNGN

180 passengers shot down? 56 mourners crushed to death at Soleimani’s funeral, + Soleimani and an intentionally ineffective missile attack on US troops. Damn. It’s like Keystone Cops. One helluva a “retaliation.” I might even suggest they lighten up on the retaliation to their own benefit..


138 posted on 01/07/2020 9:08:02 PM PST by Sax
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To: freedumb2003
When people start losing their minds and it spreads, it tends to have spill over effects.

Trump has given Iran their biggest bloody nose in some time. They are not taking it well.

139 posted on 01/07/2020 9:09:06 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

On Flight radar 24, there is real time fright data on pretty much every commercial flight everywhere.

There are obvious “shooting ranges” in the desert just north of the last transmission, like it is a military training base.

It was still climbing past the power plant, but was hit when it appears it was “coming over the hill” towards the military base.


140 posted on 01/07/2020 9:09:49 PM PST by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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