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Iran said that the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key 'human error' that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.

Iran said that the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key"human error" that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.

"A failure occurred due to a human error in following the procedure" for aligning the radar, causing a"107-degree error" in the system, the Iranian Civil Aviation authority said in a report late Saturday.

 

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