Thursday, January 9, 2020

Crash Of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 -- News Updates January 9, 2020




Daily Mail: President Trump says he believes Ukrainian jet was shot down by mistake and 'something very terrible happened, very devastating' as Pentagon official says the plane WAS downed by Iranian missile

* Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed outside of Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 on board
* US intelligence are 'confident' the airliner was shot down by Iran after detecting two missile launches
* Pentagon officials said missiles likely fired in error by crews on alert for US response to Iran rocket strike
* Iran claims that the crash was the result of mechanical error and that black box may have been 'damaged'
* President Trump said: 'Somebody could have made a mistake. I have a feeling something terrible happened'

President Trump has said he has serious doubts the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran was caused by mechanical failure and he believes 'somebody made a mistake' after Pentagon officials said the jet was shot down.

US intelligence officials believe the Ukrainian Airlines flight which crashed in Tehran killing 176 people on Wednesday was blasted out of the sky by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile system.

Officials are 'confident' that Iran shot down the Boeing 737-800 jet after detecting a radar system being turned on before two missiles were launched, shortly before an explosion believed to have come from the jet, CBS reports.

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WNU Editor: When images of the crash started appearing on social media, the image that caught my eye that made me wonder if this plane was shot down my a missile was this one (click here). It is not normal to have those type of holes in a frame.

Crash Of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 -- News Updates January 9, 2020

Ukraine airliner accidentally downed by Iran, U.S. officials say -- Reuters
US officials: ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner -- AP
Tehran crash: plane downed by Iranian missile, western officials believe -- The Guardian
US believes Ukraine plane accidentally brought down by Iran -- Al Jazeera
Iran plane crash: burning Boeing was trying to turn back, say Tehran investigators -- The Guardian
Iran plane crash: Airliner 'was trying to return to airport' -- BBC
Ukrainian flight crew tried to turn back before crash: authorities -- DW
Questions, diplomatic tensions plague investigators probing Ukrainian plane crash in Iran -- France 24
Justin Trudeau vows to get answers after 63 Canadians die in Ukrainian Boeing 737 crash in Iran -- ABC News Online
Canada demands role in Iran crash probe -- AFP
Iran plane crash: Canada mourns Iran crash victims -- BBC
Canada to join probe into Ukraine airplane crash in Iran -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine vows to 'find out the truth' behind plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people -- ABC News Online
Russian-made missile may have downed plane in Iran: Ukraine -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine in national mourning after deadly airliner crash -- AFP
Iran plane crash: What we know so far -- BBC
Explanations for jet crash in Iran remain elusive, but Ukrainians will look at missile theory -- Yahoo News

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are we sure it was a mistake or a message?

How many other planes were up in the air at the time? Why an Ukrainian jet with Canadians and not another flag carrier?

When was the last time the American bombed Tehran? Like Never. So why is the Iranian military command getting their people all jumpy and stupid?