For reference, the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 was termed in the US report[1] as a "a tragic and regrettable accident". The report goes on to use the word 'a

For reference, the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 was termed in the US report[1] as a "a tragic and regrettable accident". The report goes on to use the word 'accident' many more times. [1]: http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/International_security_affairs/other/172.pdf http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/International_security_affairs/o...