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Anybody remember Iranian passenger plane that was shotdown by USA. Apparent excuse was that Iran had stationed their F-14 at the same airport from where the passenger plane took off.

As the plane was in vicinity of fighter jet Amercian radar tracking tagged it with F14 and eventually it was shotdown over the gulf.

Hi,

The Iranian air bus was intentionally shot down by the commander of the US navy ship---. The hatred was high against the iranians---.

The air bus was climbing---it was showing as a passenger aircraft---no other aircraft were in the vicinity---yet the US navy commander ordered it to be shot down.

It was an Aegis class cruiser---so there was no chance of mistaking it for something else---. It was intentional on the part of the ship commander---.
 
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Hi,

The Iranian air bus was intentionally shot down by the commander of the US navy ship---. The hatred was high against the iranians---.

The air bus was climbing---it was showing as a passenger aircraft---no other aircraft were in the vicinity---yet the US navy commander ordered it to be shot down.

It was an Aegis class cruiser---so there was no chance of mistaking it for something else---. It was intentional on the part of the ship commander---.

There are no excuses for this, they should have double checked before firing.

This deserves a separate thread as it will derail this one but I suspect the US commander was also very jumpy from the fact that a year earlier Iraqi's used a modded Falcon 50 passenger jet to fire two exocets into one of their ships by mistake.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the...0-business-jet-almost-sank-a-us-navy-frigate/

Falcon-50-Susanna-696x426.jpg

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Read the very first line of the post you quoted which says it was "intentional". If it was intentional then what is meant by no excuse and double checking? It was an intentional kill of a civilian airliner, and meant as such.

There are no excuses for this, they should have double checked before firing.

This deserves a separate thread as it will derail this one but I suspect the US commander was also very jumpy from the fact that a year earlier Iraqi's used a modded Falcon 50 passenger jet to fire two exocets into one of their ships by mistake.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the...0-business-jet-almost-sank-a-us-navy-frigate/

Falcon-50-Susanna-696x426.jpg

Susanna.jpeg
 
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