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I won't point fingers at anyone, but: - A 3-year old 737 operated by a reputable airline does not just turn into a huge fireball mid-air and crash like a rock
by sparkling 7y ago
I won't point fingers at anyone, but:
- A 3-year old 737 operated by a reputable airline does not just turn into a huge fireball mid-air and crash like a rock like we see it in the video: https://youtu.be/xRc31DTStwA https://youtu.be/xRc31DTStwA - It just doesn't happen.
- Iran declaring it a "technical error" just hours after the crash is dubious/untrustworthy to say the least. We need a indepedend aviation agency to look at the case, investigators from the manufacturer and some experts from the carrier on ground. Unfournately such investigation will be very difficult with the current political tensions.
- ryeights 7y agoI will—-Iran has a history of supporting terrorist groups and activities, and this is no different...
- aaronbrethorst 7y agoHezbollah doesn't shoot down airplanes full of Iranians heading to Kiev on vacation.
- rurban 7y agoHezbollah not. But a trigger-happy revolutionary guard, on code RED. Also the mid-air explosion and shrapnel marks in the photos remind everyone on the MH17.
- aaronbrethorst 7y agoThe GP made unfounded claims about terrorist groups. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were right, but we should be careful not to conflate different actors.
- Valmar 7y agoAccording to Israel, who have been trying, for decades, to destroy Iran. Israel then uses their slave, the US, to do their dirty work for them.
- jcaprani 7y agoFYI, You're commenting on Hacker News, not the Daily Stormer.
- ianleeclark 7y agoTo be fair, the USA has higher rates of shooting down passenger planes in Iranian airspace, so we should probably chill and wait for actual investigations to be done.
- mikejb 7y agoThe US military is (by now) a terrorist organization where the plane crashed, so even Iran Air Flight 655 would be considered a "terrorist attack".
- koheripbal 7y agoNot any more.
- ianleeclark 7y agoHey, you're doing that speculation thing again.
- phreeza 7y agoIt happened to Concorde?
- p_l 7y agoSouthwest Airlines is, AFAIK, also a reputable airline. They had two accidents on this type of plane with this engine, randomly disintegrating the engine in flight.
- sparkling 7y agoWhat flight numbers?
- p_l 7y agoThe southwest ones were 737-700, but "close enough" (I think the same engine, not even a different variant) Deadly one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380 Safe landing with no injuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_3472 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_3472