Evidence suggests Iran shot down the Ukraine passenger jet

streiff:
...

There were no casualties in the area targeted by Iran…that is probably intentional…but there were casualties.

A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 with 176 people on board has crashed in Iran, and officials say there is no chance of finding survivors.

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 to Kyiv went down just minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport at 06:12 local time (02:42 GMT).

The majority of passengers were from Iran and Canada.

Ukraine’s Tehran embassy initially blamed engine failure but later removed the statement.
The wreckage had hardly stopped bouncing when Iran blamed mechanical failure. This excuse was made without benefit of investigation or even access to the ‘black boxes’ which Iran now refuses to turn over. READ: Iran Refuses to Give Black Box of Downed Jetliner to Boeing Amid Suspicions of Missile Attacks

More and more, though, the crash of PS752 is looking like a shootdown.

For instance, these are the tracks for the aircraft from takeoff until it disappeared from radar
The Track log for Ukraine Airline 752 shows a flight of about 2 minutes before end of tracked messages.

The plane was climbing above 2240m at and accelerating beyond 513kmh when it stopped giving ADB messages. Suspect this is NOT a technical problem.



View image on Twitter

There was no MAYDAY call from the aircraft. Everything was routine until the plane disappeared from radar and reappeared on the ground. And (h/t to Brandon’s excellent article) there is more evidence that says this was no accident.
...
Read more at the pilot blog Professional Pilots Rumor Network.

Then, other events happened that cast even more doubt on the official narrative. Ukraine halted all flights to Iran…not an action associated with a crash from mechanical difficulties. Other major airlines have followed suit....
...
Now, many aviation experts are weighing in and calling the PS752 crash a ‘shootdown event.’ The aviation risk management group, OPSGROUP, has concluded that crash site imagery is consistent with a missile shootdown and that aviation carriers should proceed under that assumption until an investigation proves otherwise....
In summary, we have an aircraft incident that has all the hallmarks of one of two causes: an in-flight bomb or an anti-aircraft missile. Any mechanical failure would have resulted in time for the crew to radio a distress call. A mechanical failure that resulted in a crash would not produce the flight profile that we are currently provided with. Moreover, no one can come up with a mechanical failure that matches the facts as they exist.
...
Ther is more.

The alleged shootdown happened in about the time frame Iran could have been expecting a US response to its failed missile attack on the base in Iraq where US troops were located.  That would explain the refusal to give up the black box.

In fact, if the US were to attack in response to the Iranian attack it would likely use planes and missiles that could not have been detected by Iran such as the F-35.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Should Republicans go ahead and add Supreme Court Justices to head off Democrats

29 % of companies say they are unlikely to keep insurance after Obamacare

Bin Laden's concern about Zarqawi's remains