Iran Air Flight 655

Iran Air Flight 655
	Iran Air Flight 655
Shootdown
Date	3 July 1988
Summary	Shot down by USS Vincennes
Site	Persian Gulf
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A300B2-203
Operator	Iran Air
Registration	EP-IBU
Flight origin	Mehrabad International Airport ; Tehran , Iran
Stopover	Bandar Abbas Int'l Airport ; Bandar Abbas , Iran
Destination	Dubai International Airport ; Dubai , United Arab Emirates
Passengers	274
Crew	16
Fatalities	290 (all)
Survivors	0

Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iranian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai . The aircraft was an Airbus A300 with 274 passengers and 16 crew members on-board. On July 3, 1988 the plane was shot down by the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf during the Iran?Iraq War . ^[1] At the time the Vincennes was exchanging fire with small Iranian gunboats . ^[1] During the skirmish , flight 655 took off from Bandar Abbas International Airport . ^[1] The airport was used by both civilian and military flights. ^[2]

The Vincennes mistook the civilian aircraft for an Iranian Air Force Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter on an attack run. ^[3] The Vincennes attempted to warn the aircraft several times but received no reply. However, the warnings were sent on a military frequency to a non-existent F-14 Tomcat. ^[3] The Airbus crew did not have access to those channels and would not have heard the warnings. ^[4] The Vincennes fired two missiles which both struck the fuselage of the plane. ^[5] All 290 occupants on-board were killed. ^[3]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Max Fisher (October 16, 2013). "The forgotten story of Iran Air Flight 655" . The Washington Post . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
↑ Alicia Perez (July 17, 2014). "6 Worst Civilian Airliner Shootdowns In The Last 40 Years" . IBT Media Inc . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Shapour Ghasemi (2004). "Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655 [IR655]" . Iran Chamber Society . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
↑ John F. Burns (December 4, 1988). "World Aviation Panel Faults U.S. Navy on Downing of Iran Air" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
↑ "Airspace violations ? Episode 8 ? Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by USS Vincennes" . The Aviationist . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Iran Air Flight 655 July 3rd 1988 - National Geographic 1; YouTube

[FisherWP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Max Fisher (October 16, 2013). "The forgotten story of Iran Air Flight 655" . The Washington Post . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

[2] Alicia Perez (July 17, 2014). "6 Worst Civilian Airliner Shootdowns In The Last 40 Years" . IBT Media Inc . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

[GhasemiICS-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Shapour Ghasemi (2004). "Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655 [IR655]" . Iran Chamber Society . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

[4] John F. Burns (December 4, 1988). "World Aviation Panel Faults U.S. Navy on Downing of Iran Air" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

[5] "Airspace violations ? Episode 8 ? Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by USS Vincennes" . The Aviationist . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .

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