[ April 23, 2024 ]
Ukraine Int Airlines flight PS752 took off from one of your own airports. The plane didn’t just cross into in your airspace from outside, so you must have known what it was – or is your air traffic control (and your air defense system) really that useless?
Why the lies before – you knew you had fired the missile even before it struck the plane – or are your command and control systems really that useless?
Are you still lying now – if it was all a big mistake shouldn’t you have admitted it straight away – or are you that useless?
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Did you use Trudeau’s Canadian aid to pay for the surface to air missile, or was it Obama’s hand out – (we already know they are that useless)?
Senior Iranian Commander Bragged of Unilateral Authority to Shoot Down Planes
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS Iran finally admits shooting down Ukrainian airliner killing 176 but blames ‘aggressive’ US for ‘catastrophic mistake’
IRAN has claimed it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing 176 people but have blamed the “aggressive” US for the “catastrophic mistake.”
By: The Sun, January 11, 2010:
The Boeing 737 flight came down on Tuesday, hours after Tehran launched a barrage of rockets against US targets in Iraq.
Iran plane crash – Another bulldozer removes debris from the ‘crime scene’ site
Wreckage from the jet which was shot down on Tuesday by Iranian forcesCredit: AFP or licensorsAnd now, after repeated denials, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has admitted his forces gunned down the civilian aircraft because they mistook it for an American fighter plane.
In a statement, he said: “In an atmosphere of threats and intimidation by the aggressive American regime against the Iranian nation following the martyrdom of general Qasem Soleimani and with the aim of defending against possible US Army attacks, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces were on full alert, when unfortunately a human error and miscalculated shooting caused a major catastrophe and dozens of innocent people fell victim to it.”
The Iranian leader also offered his “deep condolences” to the families of the victims and said the country’s Foreign Ministry would work to identify and bring bodies back to their countries.
Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, has also offered condolences over the plane disaster and called for an investigation.
Earlier military officials reportedly told Iranian state TV they “unintentionally” shot down Ukrainian jetliner they mistook the jet as a hostile target after it turned toward a sensitive center of the Revolutionary Guard.
“The military was at its highest level of readiness,” said their statement, referencing the heightened tensions with the United States.
“In such a condition, because of human error and in a unintentional way, the flight was hit,” it read.
The Iranian military apologized for the disaster, promising to upgrade their systems to prevent such mistakes in the future.
Pictures released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office shows detail of the wreckage including small holes which were pierced into the metal exterior of the jetCredit: AP:Associated Press
Iran has admitted its forces shot down the plane because they believed the aircraft was a US bomber heading towards a military facilityCredit: AP:Associated Press
File picture showing Iranian soldiers preparing to launch a Hawk surface-to-air missile during military manoeuvresCredit: AFP – GettyThey said those responsible for the strike on the plane would be prosecuted.
“A sad day,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted today.
“Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster.”
The Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Iran’s acknowledgement of responsibility for the crash is likely to inflame public sentiment against authorities following General Soleimani’s killing last week.
What we know so far:The beloved general died in a drone strike ordered by President Trump was seen as a national icon in Iran.
Soleimani was killed days after Iran-backed militias attacked the US embassy in Iraqi capital Baghdad.
The jet disaster crash comes just weeks after Iranian authorities quashed nationwide protests ignited by a hike in gasoline prices.
The plane was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members, including 82 Iranians, at least 57 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians.
After the crash, bulldozers were pictured clearing away debris at the crash site.
It was feared the machines could destroy precious clues as to what really happened before international crash investigators have a chance to examine them.
Iran’s ambassador to the UK dismissed the use of bulldozers to clear the crash site as “absolutely absurd”, Sky News reports.
A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces:
Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster
A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces:
Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster
Our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations.
💔— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 11, 2020
Payman Parseyan, a prominent Iranian-Canadian in western Canada who lost a number of friends in the crash, said Iran’s admission was the right step.
“I think the investigation would have disclosed it whether they admitted it or not,” he said. “This will give them an opportunity to save face.”
This comes after Iran refused to release the two black box flight recorders found at the crash site, saying they will “handle” the data themselves.
The boxes contain data and cockpit communications from the plane and are meant to be indestructible but officials said they were damaged.
Satellite data detected two surface-to-air missiles being launched just minutes after the Boeing 737 took off, the US government says.
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24 Comments
4 years ago
$100 says a high-ranking iranian defector was on that plane. even the persians aren’t dumb enough to shoot down a passenger jet accidently. or maybe the ukraine govt hadn’t shipped the mullahs cash on wood pallets like the muslim president did
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
I want your $100. I say they are dumb enough to shoot down a commercial jet. Don’t forget, we did it to them as well a long time ago, but it was not forgotten.
They are dumb enough, and you should be very afraid. They want to nuclearize, and Obama gave them enough money to do it.
4 years ago
Reply to
Lenny Feinman
lenny, when did we shoot down a Persian commercial airplane “a long time ago”?
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
Iran Air flight 655 on July 3, 1988. Do I need to provide a link, or do you know how to use Goodle? Where’s my $100?
4 years ago
Reply to
Lenny Feinman
baloney. that was in the middle of an 8-year shooting war between the muslims, and the plane ignored repeated requests to identify itself. the commander of the US naval warship made a deliberate decision to shoot down a plane to protect his ship and crew from possible attack. stop with your nonsense
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
This happened in the context of the USS Stark attack as well (the USS Stark was hit by an exocet missile [thanks Fwance]) fired from an Iraqi fighter jet for no reason whatsoever.
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
Because you are too lazy to read an article. Read the damn thing and shut TF up.
The fact remains that we shot down their civilian plane. It may have been the fog of war, or the proverbial “itchy trigger finger,” but the end is the same. We killed innocent people. And non-response to a radio call is not a good reason to shoot a plane down. There was no evidence it was a military plane. The US mistook an A300 Airbus for an F-14.
I want my $100
4 years ago
First they refuse to say the jet was shot down by the Iranian military, now they try to minimize the number of those murdered by saying “dozens of innocent people fell victim to it”… yeah just a tad over 14 dozen innocent people.
4 years ago
Reply to
xsnipe
It took them a long time to finally admit to the crime. They were working frantically on some way to blame Trump. Despite their obvious help from the Democrats and the media in concocting a lie they finally had to admit. And yet there are still some low life bastards trying somehow to blame Trump….Just unbelievable !!!
4 years ago
Reply to
Hans Wellington
Democrat party is the biggest Iranian asset. Pelosi is assetess.
4 years ago
We shot it down … but it was Orange Man’s fault …
Where did you get the idea it was Trump’s fault?
Demokkkrat Congresswoman Jackie Speier
4 years ago
A Hawk SAM? That’s an old American model, which may be obsolete in America’s arsenal. How are f’ing rogue muslum states the finance/facilitate muslum terrorism getting US arms and armaments?
4 years ago
A 737 takes off from an Iranian civilian airport and is outbound from Iran but is mistaken for a US bomber inbound at 600MPH? Huh? Don’t they have any air traffic controllers at Iranian airports or does allah provide that service?
4 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Muslims are idiots. Trump also asked the air space to be cleared,
Why did this plane insist on taking off at that time?
I don’t tthink it was unintentional.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
“Muslims are idiots”. Never underestimate your enemy. At no time in islam’s blood drenched, fascist, totalitarian past has it spread its malignant roots over practically every continent on the planet. The muslums have morally retarded, degenerate kafir DEFENDING them!
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Agreed. The Phillipines have shut down their main airport because of an unexpected volcanic eruption late last week. And it remains closed because the volcano is spewing smoke and ash.
It is 45 miles away from the airport but better safe than sorry.
4 years ago
“In one apparently symbolic act rejecting state propaganda, video showed students taking care not to walk over US and Israeli flags painted on the ground at Shahid Beheshti university in Tehran.
In some social media clips, protesters can be heard chanting anti-government slogans, including: “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here.” Many of the protesters are women.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51081833
The Mullah;s are slaughtering their own people, who refuse to be brainwashed by them and the compliant western press is silent, even praising the murderous Mullahs for their “restraint”
4 years ago
From what Iran has showed us over the years, to say they were the guilty party is like saying the Titanic had a bad voyage.
How did you like their initial efforts to cover it up with those flimsy “the dog ate my homework ” lies? Remember what Watergate showed us; the cover-up is always worse than the crime.
And why did they grant clearance for a civilian airliner to fly into a hostile fire zone? That’s my burning question.
4 years ago
In other news tourist flights to Iran are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down.
4 years ago
Two days after arrival in Vietnam along with my battalion, we were sent out on perimeter guard duty to prevent infiltration. It gets really dark out there and we were jittery. It looked like tree stumps were moving, but we could not see much.
Suddenly, a shot rang out. We did not know where it came from or where, but we all opened up on the tree line about 100 meters away. On our first night there, we had come under mortar attack. On the second night, we were told we were being overrun. So, nobody was willing to take a chance that night. We kept shooting until we were almost out of ammo.
Call it what you will, but when there is danger in the air, you feel it for hours after the danger has passed. You don’t panic during the (perceived) attack, but afterward, your knees tremble. I think the same jitters hit the control room of the missile launch people in Iran. This, of course means they will say, “Look at what yoou made me do”!
4 years ago
It was ascending away from their airport – they’re trying to say they are so lame/backward they did’nt know – had no freaking idea wtf they were/are doing – The planet needs to make absolutely certain these clowns never get their grubby mitts on a nuke if they indeed have idiots like that in control of pushing buttons — I think differently i think they did it intentionally – They’ve already been caught in an egregious lie and have repeatedly bulldozed the wreck site as well as not allowed access to the flight recorders – How much more proof does anyone need as just who these P’s OS truly are –
