The crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737 in Iran, and the death of 176 people on board continues to be investigated, and while no crash would have its story finalized in just a few days, the US and Canada are now claiming that the airline was likely shot down by an Iranian missile.
They say a shootdown was almost certainly accidental, and are speculating that Iran’s launches of missiles at Iraq during the time happened to hit the plane. Some US officials speculated Iran accidentally fired an anti-aircraft missile at the plane, mistaking it for US retaliation.
These all seem like preliminary speculation, and apart from a single video, there is an absence of solid evidence that this is what actually happened. Even with more conclusive evidence than has been offered, it would be very soon to draw a conclusion. Normally determining cause would take quite some time, likely weeks at the least.
Iranian Civil Aviation officials denied the claims as “illogical rumors,” insisting that it was impossible that the plane had been hit by a missile as it was flying from Tehran to Kyiv.
The plane was at about 7,000 feet when it was hit, and certainly since the plane left an Iranian airport, Iran would’ve been well aware of its flight plan. Hitting it, then, would be an incredible bungle, and embarrassing if it turned out to be the case.
Boeing hasn’t exactly had a stellar reputation with its civilian airliners of late either, and Iran’s initial claim of technical problems could serve to be quite embarrassing for them as well.
Iran has invited Ukraine, Boeing, and the engine manufacturer, CFM, to participate in the investigation process. They are presenting the US claims of a missile attack as a “psychological operation.”
Iranian officials also requested that Canada hand over the evidence that Prime Minister Trudeau claimed to have seen so they could examine it as well.
Even the US puppet ( Ukraine ) asks the US, UK, and Canada to present the evidence for their claim.
The claims are made without knowing the content of the black box.
because if Trump make the claim there will instantly be a huge number of people who dismiss it because of TDS, if Trudeau leads with it then that disbelief is reduced by a large margin
I have evidence, I really do!!
There’s a number of serious problems with that supposed video. The object/plane is going the wrong way when it was supposedly hit in the video. It should have been going the other way. Not to mention the fact that there’s zero reaction from the filming party, which by they way…how did they come to be so cold-bloodedly filming with a cell phone in darkness at 6 in the morning at some random spot in the sky and then…oh look a plane blew up…no biggie, I’ll just puff my smoke and chill…not even a word.
Phil Giraldi echoed my concerns. Transponders off and/or spoofed. Rich Kids of Tehran filming the right spot from one of the poorest neighborhoods at 6am. I was right, something’s way off with this shootdown.
Just what we expect. This “news”probably hides the killing of 60 Afghan civilians by the US and the “highly likely” verdict of Trudeau is as reliable as Theresa May’s version of reality. I wonder who will hark back to the US Vincennes shooting down of the Iranian civilian plane killing 290 people in 1988. The brave captain of the US ship was praised and rewarded.
EVERYTHING that happens is a result of Trump dumping the JCPOA.
but that was always going to happen because the deal happened because Obama needed a foreign policy success.
What??
sorry that was appallingly written. Barry made that deal so he could put a trophy on the mantle piece. Same with the Cuba arrangement. temporary things that were going to be undone under Republican rule.
Obama’s motives were completely irrelevant. But I guess he should have known better? Wow.
Bear in mind, that the fatal rate per hour of operation for a 737 is something like one in 100 million. So in any given hour it is very unlikely that a 737 will crash. Also bear in mind this particular hour was one where the Iranian air defense system went hot and was realistically facing the prospect of massive American attack ( you might say jumpy/nervous). Which is more likely? a one in 100 million event or someone messed up in their excitement?
The other sad statistic is modern flying is so safe that half the crashes are the result of malevolent action, pilot suicide, bombs, hijacks, etc. So even knowing nothing, it is 50/50 that the crash was the result of intentional human action (probably in error).
“The plane was at about 7,000 feet when it was hit,” Really? So the cause of the crash has been proven?
Wow I guess we must think that the Iranians are brilliant. It took the FAA four year to come out with initial report on Flight 800, ( maybe up to seven years for the final report) yet we expect Iran to have an answer in just four days. Maybe the reason the U.S. is so sure what happened is because we did it or at least know who did.