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I did not realise how close the impact was to the airport. It looks like the plane took a normal flight path. I thought Iran said the plane entered a restricted

I did not realise how close the impact was to the airport. It looks like the plane took a normal flight path. I thought Iran said the plane entered a restricted area. Does anyone know if that was true?

SiempreViernes 7y ago
I think it's simply an accident due to the ground crews being very nervous and expecting an attack at any moment, followed by the inevitable attempts to cover it up by those most directly responsible. Entering a restricted area might simply mean entering the airspace visible to a particular AA battery.
- saberdancer 7y ago
  Ground crew is on a mobile SAM vehicle and was posted to reinforce Tehran area. Probably reason why they did not know it is a regular flight path from an airport. Everything else is smoke and mirrors by Iran trying to find excuses for the shootdown.
- vkou 7y ago
  This is most likely to be the correct answer. I'm not sure people realize what it's like to be living in the expectation that your country might get bombed by the USAF any moment.
KuiN 7y ago
The plane did not deviate from its flight plan. FlightRadar24 published[0] the track of the plane vs the other commercial planes taking off from IKA around the same time and vs previous flights of PS752. The plane made no movements that would lead an observer to believe it was anything other than a civilian passenger jet following its flight plan. [0] - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/ukrainian-flight-ps752-crashes-shortly-after-take-off-from-tehran/ https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/ukrainian-flight-ps752-cr... (under 'Other relevant flight information')
mzs 7y ago
Later Iranian gov official statement corrected an earlier one that claimed the plane turned toward a restricted military installation. Also that correction stated that the crew thought the 737 was a cruise missile. A cruise missile approaching a target is not climbing to 8000ft but with how poor the export market Tor mk1 RADAR is I guess it's plausible the crew was spooked https://gfycat.com/pastelcourageouseeve https://gfycat.com/pastelcourageouseeve

SiempreViernes 7y ago

I think it's simply an accident due to the ground crews being very nervous and expecting an attack at any moment, followed by the inevitable attempts to cover it up by those most directly responsible. Entering a restricted area might simply mean entering the airspace visible to a particular AA battery.

saberdancer 7y ago
Ground crew is on a mobile SAM vehicle and was posted to reinforce Tehran area. Probably reason why they did not know it is a regular flight path from an airport. Everything else is smoke and mirrors by Iran trying to find excuses for the shootdown.
vkou 7y ago
This is most likely to be the correct answer. I'm not sure people realize what it's like to be living in the expectation that your country might get bombed by the USAF any moment.

KuiN 7y ago

The plane did not deviate from its flight plan. FlightRadar24 published[0] the track of the plane vs the other commercial planes taking off from IKA around the same time and vs previous flights of PS752. The plane made no movements that would lead an observer to believe it was anything other than a civilian passenger jet following its flight plan. [0] - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/ukrainian-flight-ps752-crashes-shortly-after-take-off-from-tehran/ https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/ukrainian-flight-ps752-cr... (under 'Other relevant flight information')

mzs 7y ago

Later Iranian gov official statement corrected an earlier one that claimed the plane turned toward a restricted military installation. Also that correction stated that the crew thought the 737 was a cruise missile. A cruise missile approaching a target is not climbing to 8000ft but with how poor the export market Tor mk1 RADAR is I guess it's plausible the crew was spooked https://gfycat.com/pastelcourageouseeve https://gfycat.com/pastelcourageouseeve