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Background Report: Iran Air Flight 655, The Civilian Plane Shot Down By An American
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Based on source story: Iran Air Flight 655, The Civilian Plane Shot Down By An American Warship In 1988 from All That's Interesting
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All That's Interesting gives a fuller on Air 655, The Civilian Plane Shot By An American Warship In 1988. Air 655 was shot by the USS Vincennes over the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq War, killing all 290 people onboard. The post
On July 3, 1988, Air 655 took off from Bandar Abbas Airport en route for Dubai. It should have been a short, uneventful
But seven minutes into its journey, a United States Navy warship opened fire on the plane — knocking it out of the sky and killing all 290 people. The shooting of Air 655 took place at the tail-end of the Iran-Iraq War, which had begun eight years earlier in 1980.
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