Iran blamed 'human error' in the shooting down of a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 jetliner that killed all 176 aboard. Iranian spokespeople previously blamed a fire that started in the jet's engine.
Iran admitted that its military was behind the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner leaving the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran Tuesday. On Saturday morning local time, it was announced on state TV that the downing of the jet was unintentional.
In a statement cited by the Associated Press, Iran said"human error" was behind Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 being shot down shortly after leaving for Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. According to the statement, the plane was thought to be a"hostile target" after it flew toward a"sensitive military center" of the Revolutionary Guard., the Iranian military was at its"highest level of readiness.
"In such a condition, because of human error and in a unintentional way, the flight was hit," the statement said, as translated by the Associated Press. The statement also claimed that the people responsible for shooting down the jet would be prosecuted. This is a change from Iran's previous claims that the crash was the result of a fire that broke out on one of the jet's engines shortly after takeoff. At the time, Qassem Binaz told the state-run IRNA news agency that the fire then caused the pilot to lose control.
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