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Flight 752: How easy to target a civil plane as hostile?
Tehran, Iran - The Iranian government has admitted that UIA Boeing 737-800 was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile. On Jan. 8, the Ukranian International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed shortly after Iran hit the American bases in Iraq with ballistic missiles, a period when the Iranian Air Defense forces could be on high-alert status. (airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The iranian general who took the responsability of the accident told about a "radio jamming" that prevented the missile launching officer from getting the launch order and then took the decision himself. Since there are plots of the plane from different community ADSB/AIS platforms, it seems the transponder of the flight was in function. Sh... how they did not see it !!
The Iranian general made several claims, most of which were not believable. I *do* believe they shot it down by accident. I don't believe there was any radio jamming or transponder whatever nonsense.
My theory: the fat-fingered the launch button by accident (very unlikely) or they somehow mistook it for a drone (more likely). But we'll never know the truth.
My theory: the fat-fingered the launch button by accident (very unlikely) or they somehow mistook it for a drone (more likely). But we'll never know the truth.
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Get a grip John
The real truth: Got a guy barley making ends meet, sitting in the back of a pickup ready to pull the trigger and scared as hell he is about to die.
Some of the comments posted seem to imply that the plane shouldn't have been flying. This comes very close to the situation where a criminal says the victim asked for the crime to be committed. The criminal is still the bad guy, and the victims had little to no input in the situation. The poor person who pushed the button has to live with killing many of his fellow citizens. Many of our troops come home with PTSD from what they've seen and done. I imagine it's no different for Iranian troops.