The accidental downing is only the latest example of the tragedies that happen when civilians fly amid military conflicts
What began Wednesday morning as a wild internet rumor had by lunchtime Thursday become close to a settled—though still scarcely imaginable—fact: that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737 with 176 people aboard, had crashed near Tehran not due to technical issues, as Iranian authorities initially claimed, but as a result of an Iranian antiaircraft missile strike.
While there was no direct evidence of a shoot-down in the first hours after the crash, the incident had seemed suspicious from the get-go. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport at 6:12 a.m. local time, just hours after Iran’s military had launched multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. air bases in Iraq.had threatened that America would attack 52 targets in Iran if the country retaliated for the U.S.
While the debacle of PS752’s shoot-down is shocking, it is far from unique. In fact, it’s an almost uncanny reverse image to Iran Air flight 655, which also involved a passenger jet that had departed Tehran amid heightened tensions. On July 3, 1988, the guided-missile cruiserwas engaged in the Strait of Hormuz when it detected an Airbus A300 passenger jet that had coincidentally headed in its direction.
PS752 calls to mind as well Korean Air Lines Flight 007, yet another airliner shot down by a Russian missile. In 1983 the Seoul-bound 747 drifted off course and entered Soviet airspace near Kamchatka. Cold War tensions being at their peak, the Soviets scrambled fighter jets to intercept. Amid misunderstanding and miscommunication, the order was given to fire and a Sukhoi Su-15 unleashed two K-8 air-to-air missiles. The huge airliner was not immediately destroyed, however.
Hopefully the parties responsible for PS752 will admit their culpability and make full amends. Iran in all likelihood shot down the plane—but Trump certainly bears a measure of responsibility.
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