Posted on 01/09/2020 9:09:53 AM PST by dead
The Ukrainian Airlines flight which crashed in Tehran killing 176 people on Wednesday was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile system, Pentagon and US intelligence officials believe.
Three security officials said that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system as it left Tehran on the way to Kiev, according to Newsweek.
Two of the officials said the aircraft was likely targeted by mistake by Iranian missile systems that were active on Wednesday night as Iran launched rockets at two US basis in Iraq, waiting for a possible counter-strike.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airpot to Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport, encountered a problem moments after takeoff before crashing.
Video showed the aircraft in flames in the air before coming down and bursting into flames a short distance from the city.
The US intelligence officials spoke out as Ukraine confirmed it is sending missile analysts to the site to investigate.
Downing Street also confirmed it is looking into 'very concerning' reports that the airliner was shot down by a missile.
Iranian investigators have insisted that the crash was an accident, but have refused to hand over the black box recorded to international investigators.
Some Iranian reports have claimed the black boxes were damaged, and parts of the recordings lost.
New footage shows the moment a burning Ukrainian passenger jet exploded into pieces yesterday - as Iran said the plane was trying to turn back after a technical fault but Ukraine sent missile specialists to inspect the wreckage.
The CCTV footage shows the burning jet plane lighting up a dark street as it approaches before it explodes in a huge fireball.
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Soccer team?
You are right. It is odd.
This was intentional with the thinking that Trump would fire back following the missile attacks earlier. Then they, along with the Democrats, could point at Trump and blame him.
Problem was Trump didn’t bite and now they know it has bit them in their asses
Stable Genius!
“I wonder how Canada feels about this.”
I doubt that most of these so called Canadians were actually Canadians. More likely Iranian immigrants that had Canadian citizenship.
I bet that none of those "Canadians" ever wore a toque, went ice-fishing, or said "Eh?"
(Hint: They had multiple passports.)
Regards,
According to Scottish Law they can and the democrats will help.
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Well, they didn’t list any Americans among the dead but the Ukranain connection with Iran thrown in makes me wonder.
Exactly.
That line worked fine for Slick Willie. I guess the Iranians weren’t smart enough to think of that one.
Ironically similar to what happened to Iran Air Flight 655. The major difference being the fact that Flight 655 was flying toward the ship that fired on it, while the Ukraine Air flight was flying away from Tehran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
“Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas, that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed and all 290 people on board, including 66 children, were killed.[1] The jet was hit while flying over Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, along the flight’s usual route, shortly after departing Bandar Abbas International Airport, the flight’s stopover location. Vincennes had entered Iranian territory after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.[2][3]
“The reason for the shootdown has been disputed between the governments of the two countries. According to the United States government, the crew of USS Vincennes had incorrectly identified the Airbus as an attacking F-14 Tomcat, a U.S.-made jet fighter that had been part of the Iranian Air Force inventory since the 1970s. While the F-14s had been supplied to Iran in an air-to-air configuration,[4][5] the crew of the guided missile cruiser had been briefed that the Iranian F-14s were equipped with air-to-ground ordnance.[6] Vincennes had made ten attempts to contact the aircraft on both military and civilian radio frequencies, but had received no response.[7]
“According to the Iranian government, the cruiser negligently shot down the aircraft, which was transmitting IFF squawks in Mode III, a signal that identified it as a civilian aircraft, and not Mode II as used by Iranian military aircraft.[8][9] The event generated a great deal of criticism of the United States. Some analysts blamed the captain of Vincennes, William C. Rogers III, for overly-aggressive behavior in a tense and dangerous environment.[7][10] In the days immediately following the incident, US President Ronald Reagan issued a written diplomatic note to the Iranian government, expressing deep regret.[11]
From what I’ve read (take that with a grain of salt), the missiles shot towards our bases in Iraq were launched an hour or two before this plane took off.
I would expect Canada to downplay it. Their hatred of Trump drives them to downplay Iranian bad behavior. The US media seems to be downplaying it too.
They were Iranian’s who had Canadian citizenship. Iran considers them to be Iranians first, despite the fact that most of them probably hate the regime.
can deceased family members sue Iran for damages in any way?
Canada’s Prime Cuck will bury this disaster.
Yeah sure..”mistake” we all know Iran doesn’t make mistakes..if they want someone dead it gets done. This was DELIBERATE!! Iran knew the US would not retaliate for that joke of a missile strike they did in Iraq..my spidey senses tells me that whole missile strike was a prelude to this, they wanted an excuse for shooting down the plane, saying “Oh we thought it was a US warplane coming to attack us so we shot it down, our bad”
Russian guys probably came in...gave four hours of training, and then said if you wanted the advanced training, it’s $4k an hour. No one is going to desire seats on a plane leaving the country...it’ll all be ferry rides out to Qatar, or driving to the north border and riding over by horse.
While the MSM and other reporting sources treat the conflicts going on between entities in the area as territorial when they are actually sectarian based on religious concepts. Those who adhere to Koran followed what they claim are Our Creator’s orders were legitimately executing unbelievers fleeing the area.
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