HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:US Shoots Down Civilian Iran Air Flight 655 (1988)

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HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:US Shoots Down Civilian Iran Air Flight 655 (1988)
by Darius Kadivar
22-Sep-2009
 
The US has admitted the USS Vincennes was at fault in shooting down the Iran Air airbus and were mistaken in thinking it was a fighter aircraft about to attack them. Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by the United States Navy on Sunday 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz.
 

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USA AIRV Pentagon ) Washington ) ) GULF AIRV SIDE USS Vincennes ) AIRV USS Vincennes ) ) AIRV Body floating in sea ) AIRV Ditto another ) ) INT ) On Board CMS SIDE face of man in control room with ) Vincennes mouthpiece PAN R-L another ditto ) CMS Another ditto ) CBV Another operator sitting looking at ) LIB MATERIAL radar controls and small screen ) HELD IN W'TON MS Men looking at map on table in control ) room ) ) 3.7.88 ) USA CMS ADMIRAL WILLIAM CROWE PKF SOF ) Washington (Aircraft approached at high speed) ) "The aircraft -- high speed" ) ) LMS Crowe speaking at podium as press in BV) ) GULF BV SIDE men seated at screens and controls) On Board and wearing headphones ) Vincennes CMS Finger pressing numbers ) CMS Technical information on screen ) GRAPHIC Airbus sending signals to warship GULF CMS Capt William Rogers speaking to press ) On Board BV Press as Rogers talking ) LIB MATERIAL Vincennes ) HELD IN W'TON MS Two missiles lined up ready to fire ) MS Missile fired from warship ) INT USA CMS ADMIRAL WILLIAM CROWE PKF SOF Washington (Vincennes crew did what they thought was right/ accident a product of the Iran/Iraq war) "I believe that -- MS Crowe speaking at podium, man beside him CMS Crowe -- crew of the Vincennes" CMS MOHAMMED MAHALLATI (Iranian UN Ambassador) INTVW SOF (Wants formal apology for a grave crime) "A formal apology -- grave crime" EXT CMS Investigation Report held in hand PAN L-R to KEN REES I/C SOF + sign off

Date: 19/08/1988

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When this incident happened, I was a new employee at Boeing Commercial Airplane.  Even though it was the commercial division, still it was Boeing. A very traditional company.  I had an Iranian friend/coworker who had worked there few years more than me.  He was a brave guy.  Day after incident , he was walking around in our building and telling people that US did this on purpose.  I have to say I was impressed by his outspokenness.