Did Iran shoot down a airliner?

[Renegade]

It was on fire going down. Could be a Russian made BUK SA-11 Gadfly or SA-17 Grizzly which uses a shrapnel filled warhead that detonates close to the target. Lots of fire because the aircraft was fully fueled for a longer flight. Maybe Iranian Air Defense folks were on edge expecting some kind of US attack and shot it down by mistake?

Photos purported to be SA-15 SAM fragments (tail motor) found at Tehran wreckage site are circulating the internets.

[OH58D]

Photos purported to be SA-15 SAM fragments (tail motor) found at Tehran wreckage site are circulating the internets.

Just another in the BUK system of shrapnel warhead missiles. Makes sense. Someone screwed up in the Iranian military.

[ABNAK]

Although Iran controls any access or information about this because it occurred inside Iran (and the truth may never be known) if it ever does come to light that they accidentally shot it down they will simply say "Well the U.S. shot down one of our airliners in 1988 during hostile times so shit happens". (that would be the USS Vincennes screw-up)

[flenna]

Although Iran controls any access or information about this because it occurred inside Iran (and the truth may never be known) if it ever does come to light that they accidentally shot it down they will simply say "Well the U.S. shot down one of our airliners in 1988 during hostile times so shit happens". (that would be the USS Vincennes screw-up)

And the ComDems will blame President Trump because "Iran was just protecting themselves from th warmongering U.S. since their beloved war hero was assassinated".

[Grand58742]

Rumblings within our government. Maybe they were giving Iran a chance to come clean?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/09/polit...ane/index.html

The US increasingly believes that Iran mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner on Wednesday, according to multiple US officials. The working theory is based on continuing analysis of data from satellites, radar and electronic data collected routinely by US military and intelligence.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he suspected the crash was not due to mechanical issues, indicating that "somebody could have made a mistake on the other side."

Asked during a White House event what he thought happened to the plane, Trump said, "Well, I have my suspicions."

[WillBrink]

Evidence narrow down it was Iran. Iran will deny it, some will blame it on Trump (of course) and some will go into conspiracy mode the US did it to frame Iran:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middl...yb6qhljrjDEJ_o

[Dr. Bullseye]

Go to the 0:18 second mark. You can see what they are saying is the aircraft in question and then you see a second tiny light heading for that aircraft and an explosion. You tell me what happened.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_iizkgIOfU

[Grand58742]

Iran yesterday: "No Boeing and the Great Satan! You cannot have the black box!"

Iran today: "We, uh, might need help reading this..."

[shadowrider]

There is no question in my mind that Iran is behind this plane going down. Hell, they declared it mechanical failure while the wreckage was still smoking. Literally! Then they are locking down the FDRs? It ain't rocket science. Iran's aviation crash forensics ain't that good. It's pretty plain to see.

[prepare]

They probably thought it was an American plane.