Why missile operator shot down passenger jet with 176 on board — Iranian military commander

News Express |11th Jan 2020 | 3,118

An Iranian man holds a phone displaying a list with the names of those killed

The Iranian missile operator who shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet opened fire independently because of communications “jamming”, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday, according to an AFP report.

The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737 for a “cruise missile” and only had ten seconds to decide whether or not to open fire, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the Guards’ aerospace commander, said in televised remarks.

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