Iran Air Flight 655
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title:
Iran Air Flight 655
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Iran Air Flight 655 was a 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 United States Navy warship. The missiles hit the Iran Air aircraft, an Airbus A300, while it was flying its usual route over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, shortly after the flight departed its stopover location, Bandar Abbas International Airport. All 290 people on board were killed, making it one of
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Civilian flight shot down by the U.S. in 1988
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
date created:
2003-12-06T11:26:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T22:51:38Z
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