Iran Air Flight 655
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Iran Air Flight 655 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two surface-to-air missiles fired by USS Vincennes, a Uni
Pieces of aircraft wreckage recovered from the Strait of Hormuz
EP-IBU, the aircraft involved, pictured in 1987
USS Vincennes had been deployed to the Persian Gulf to assist in oil tanker escorts.
The Combat Information Center on board Vincennes
Pan Am Flight 103
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Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via stopovers in London and New York City. Shortly after 19:00 GMT on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid
Iran Air Flight 655
…Kenneth M. Pollack wrote: "The shoot-down of Iran Air Flight 655 was an accident, but that is not how it was seen in Tehran." Following the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 five months later, the United States government initially blamed the PFLP-GC, a Palestinian militant group backed by Syria, with assumptions of assistance…
The remains of the forward section
N739PA, the aircraft involved, seen in 1987
Air Accident Investigation Branch model showing fuselage and tail fracture lines and ground locations of parts: Green—southern wreckage trail; red—northern wreckage trail; grey—impact crater; yellow—Rosebank (Lockerbie); white—not recovered/identified.
Dryfesdale Cemetery memorial stone dedicated to Bernt Carlsson