President Trump leans towards Iran having shot down the passenger jet

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BREAKING: Iranian missiles likely shot down Ukrainian plane leading to the deaths of 63 Canadians

The Boeing 737 that crashed in Iran killing 176 people, including 63 Canadian citizens is believed to have been shot down by an Iranian missile according to Newsweek.

 

Senior U.S. and Iraq intelligence officials allege that the Ukraine International Airlines Flight was struck down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. 

 

Authorities believe that a Russian Tor-M1 missile was responsible for the takedown. 

The flight crashed shortly after Iran launched missiles directed at an air base in Iraq which housed U.S. troops as retaliation for the killing of Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani.

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the crash in a press conference on Wednesday saying that at least 138 of the passengers were headed to Canada. 

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne spoke with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday night to request that Canadian investigators gain access to the crash site. 

Trudeau has made no statement on this as of yet. If he does, it will be mildly amusing to hear him fake concern for whatever it is he doesn’t think a Canadian is.

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11 Replies to “President Trump leans towards Iran having shot down the passenger jet”

  1. My first thought was that some Iranian got a big itch in his trigger finger and decided to use the launch button to scratch it. Looks like I am not the only one thinking that.

  2. The Iranians shot down the aircraft. The question now is why no coordination between civil aviation and the Iranian military. The pilot was cleared for takeoff and the pilot initiated the takeoff. The Iranian military shot a russian made surface to air missile at it.

    Seems simple enough explanation, but Ukraine was involved and nothing is simple as a result.

  3. Watch: Video Reportedly Captures Moment Iranian Missile Downs Ukrainian Airliner (sputniknews, Jan 9, 2020)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001101077992499-watch-video-reportedly-captures-moment-iranian-missile-downs-ukrainian-airliner-/

    “New footage published and “verified” by the New York Times shows what the Western outlet claims to be an Iranian missile striking a Ukrainian jet just moments after takeoff in Tehran, Iran.

    The 19-second clip published by the New York Times on Thursday afternoon shows a small explosion in the sky of Parand in Tehran that is believed to be an Iranian missile hitting the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 Flight PS752, which crashed early Wednesday morning after taking off from Tehran’s Khomeini Airport.

    A loud booming sound can be heard in the distance seconds after the flash.

    Iran has maintained that the January 8 crash of the airliner, which claimed the lives of 167 passengers and nine crew members, was due to a technical error. Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Oleksiy Danilov, on the other hand, said it may be attributable to three scenarios in addition to a possible technical malfunction: collision with another aircraft, a terrorist attack or an air defense missile strike.
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Wednesday that the crash “is not a topic for hype, likes in social networks, sensations and conspiracy theories,” and called for patience, endurance and wisdom.

    Earlier Thursday, Sputnik reported that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he had received intelligence suggesting Tehran was responsible for the plane crash.

    “We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The intelligence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. This may well have been unintentional,” he told reporters during a press conference in Ottawa, Canada.

    That announcement came just hours after US President Donald Trump said that he had his own suspicions on the matter and asserted that someone “could have made a mistake,” as the plane was being operated “in a pretty tough neighborhood.”

    Ali Abedzadeh, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation chief, has sternly rejected such assumptions and “illogical rumors.”

    “This story of a missile striking a plane cannot be correct at all. Such rumors make no sense,” he contended.

    Tehran-based Fars News Agency cited the official as having said the rumors were also “scientifically impossible” and have “no logic,” according to a translated tweet on the matter.

    “There is complete coordination between all military and civilian sectors in Iran and at the same time,” the outlet noted in a followup tweet referencing the aviation official. “There were dozens of Iranian and foreign planes flying over Iran’s safe space.”

    According to Abedzadeh, Iranian and Ukrainian specialists are “downloading information” from the jet’s black boxes to further investigate the matter. Tehran has also asked a representative from Boeing to join the investigation, but economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the US may present an issue.

    While Iran has expressed interest in getting in contact with Boeing, the New York Times reported that the National Transportation Safety Board of the United States has to first discuss the matter with the State Department due to sanctions which restrict Boeing, a US-based corporation, from contacting Iranians “without an export license.”

    “All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran,” Ali Rabiei, a spokesman for the Iranian government said on Thursday, reported Reuters, citing state TV. “All those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and we urge Boeing to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box.””

  4. Has just-in turd’eau apologized yet for the plane getting in the way of that missile and offered any cash compensation for Iran?

    • Apparently yes. I got a phone call from someone who heard him say that these things happen and we all have to move on as it was an accident and we just need to go on with our lives. I am guessing he also means for the aircraft Iran will shoot down tomorrow.

      I would invite people to imagine what he, and other leaders and media would say, if Israel had accidentally shot down a passenger jet full of people.

    • I try to stay out of Canadian politics but I have to say that I agree with you and if anything you have understated the problem.

      • I try to stay out of Canadian politics…
        Me too.
        So I’ll refrain from commenting on the fake eyebrow that’s slipped down to his chin.
        yech