“WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence,” declared Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, speaking on January 9th of the loss of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Tehran in the early hours of the previous day, killing 63 Canadians and 113 others. “The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile . This may well have been unintentional.
Iran’s response to the disaster had already aroused some disquiet. It was quick to blame a mechanical fault. Though the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800’s black-box flight recorders were soon recovered, it did not offer to share them with American or other Western investigators, who are often asked to help, and invited in the Ukrainian authorities instead. Only after reports emerged of the shooting-down did it announce it had invited Boeing to join the investigation.
That a civilian passenger jet apparently became a target is an astonishing blunder, says Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute, a think-tank in London. He notes that the plane was climbing from Tehran airport at low speed and broadcasting a standard radar transponder code visible to air-defence operators. Mr Bronk says that the SA-15 is a “modern system with data-link capabilities that should have ensured operators had a good picture of the airspace traffic around them.
One consequence will be severe disruption to aviation. Several airlines have already suspended flights to Iran but many more may do so until they can be sure that they will not also fall victim to a stray missile. Airlines also suspended flights over Iranian and Iraqi airspace or changed flight paths to avoid the area, making for longer journeys. They will be even more wary now.
Canada has always been a servant of the USA criminal policy. I don't remember if Canadians have elections soon...perhaps that's linked to this new pathetic statement of Trudeau. What a Justin! I thought Bieber was more fool than Trudeau.
The plane was shot down by the CIA inside Iran. They wanted to create a diversion.
Tr5mp may have downed it. Spiteful, twisted, bitter, angry. Ukranian, Canadian and Iranian passengers. Mad at Ukraine president for impeachment, Canada prime minister for gossip. Could be trying to start a war with Iran to gain advantage in Nov election.
They are Donald-levels of reckless & incompetent.
revenge must be had blow the country of the map and start it over
BloodonTrumoHands TrudeauDidNotTakeCareOfOurCitizens
You can see what fear can cause..
so sad
How was that plane even authorized for takeoff?
What a waste of exceptional life. Nice job, Potus. They couldn’t have killed so many innocents—probably by accident—without your need to change the subject for political purposes. You’re a menace to civilization.
No wonder there are eyes on Iran from both parties
Boeing is doing fine all on it’s own without Iran, until the facts are in perhaps everyone should hold their own fire.
Remember when the US did the same thing to Iran in the 80s? With 230 passengers?
And Terrorists.
The US would never accidentally shoot down a passenger plane or engage in a conflict with another country? Wait, I'm being told they have done both. Never mind.
Black box investigators please bad things happening rn stay calm
Iran is demanding that USA withdraws from Iraq; that USA should not be in Iraq? And who is Iran to demand that OVER Iraq? Just because Saddam is gone Iran wants to rule over Iraq? Iraq is Babylon & Iran is Persia. Where’s Saddam son?
No way! Iran? No....
So in other words, they risk the world viewing them as it views trump?
Well, they kinda are.
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