midnighter:
I said it. Flying a plane around that airspace at that point in time was extremely stupid. The airline should be ashamed of itself for taking such a crazy risk. What would they gain

The pilots wife warned him not to fly but he insisted on it.

What a waste

Sterope:
US has brought down an Iranian passenger plane before. Both countries have been known to also cause civilian casualties in other wars. Lets not make this an Iranian thing.

It is great that Iran took responsibility and did not attempt to cover it up. Their stupid ego has caused the lives of innocent people. If the stupid people in power cannot learn from this incident, Iranians are doomed.

Befii:
Who is UN to disarm Iran, u mean US. Well history is replaying itself, dnt forget in 1988, US also bombed an Iranian passenger plane killing all 288 persons on board, they said it was a mistake. So u see no one is excluded from human error! And mind you, US citizens may not have been on board the plane, but there were US allies Canada. U should blame ur almighty Trump not Iran, had he not made a poor decision and authorised the killing of that Iranian general, am sure by now we wouldn't be where we are right now.

AFONJACOW:
unintentionally and 170 innocent lives were waylaid... They can't handly missiles imagine what will happen if allow to get nuclear weapon, which innocent souls , those ones that want to be human shield to terrorist... They got served

MrBen619:
Why is it the only news that comes out from these Islamic countries is violence and brutality. Very heartless human beings.

OneKinGuy:

It's clearly a mistake. they had surface to air missiles which automatically shoots down any thing around its range

Minjim:
These people are terrorist.
Trump's stocks just went way up in my book.

GMbuharii:
If Iran wanna avenge the death of that terrorist Suleiman,then the deaths of those 176 people they bombed to death must also be avenged.
Infact,they should send Amotekun coneheaded warriors to Iran ASAP to avenge their deaths

Lzaa immhotep bastardmod

Mouthgag:

95%...

So many olodos on nairaland.

Blackeuropean:


I'm not into what happened 1988.
Here is my anger with you on here, You and others was defending Iran and saying they did not shut down the Jetliner, Even when Baba The U.S. winchy Satellites more than 400 kilometres above sea level don get evidence yafu yafu.
My question now is this, since Iran that you are defending has own up to their error, what do you have say Bro?

MrBen619:
Why is it the only news that comes out from these Islamic countries is violence and brutality. Very heartless human beings.

Triniti:
I said it days ago that it’s was an itchy finger SAM operator that shot down the plan, coupled with the heighten tension that night. Any thing that flew on Iranian airspace was a suspect, but this a very big gaffe by Iran, an airplane flying with civilian radar and identification, that left your airport.

Horus:
At least Iran is taking responsibility for it. Many other countries would and have kept silent, denied or blamed others if they would have done it

saajus:
Haba. You are talking of a 1988 event. Tech is far more precise today than 32 years ago. They are just stupid.

Frankiss44:


Goatshit.. They cleared the plane to fly and still shot it down.. Who does that?

Blackeuropean:


Bro I did not quote you but KingAzubike, Totally understood you.

Okemmuo1:

lexy2014:


But d US has also killed several innocent lives. Does that mean that God hates d US?

But how unfortunate can ONE country be in the space of one week ?
First your military poster boy is brutally assassinated, next 50 citizens are crushed in his funeral procession, then the next day an earthquake hits a major city and to cap it off you 'unintentionally' blow up a jet carrying your own citizens and nationals from other countries who support you. meanwhile economic sanctions are still in place with more being added.
It sucks to be Iran !

blowjohn:



Plenty canadians. About 64

abeeee:

They didn't talk about identification........ The plane was said to have taken a turn towards a highly protected military facility so someone erroneously did what he did........

There is no country that doesn't make mistakes .....
Go and check us war logs leaked by Julian Assange

DelilahMakinde:


But how unfortunate can ONE country be in the space of one week ?
First your military poster boy is brutally assassinated, next 50 citizens are crushed in his funeral procession, then the next day an earthquake hits a major city and to cap it off you 'unintentionally' blow up a jet carrying your own citizens and nationals from other countries who support you. meanwhile economic sanctions are still in place with more being added.
It sucks to be Iran !

Rgade:

Where are all the anti US war experts here on Nairaland that swore that Iran didn't shoot down that plane.?
Even that annoying KingAzubuike that went so far to claim that it was the US that shot it down.
I wonder how it wasn't so obvious that Iran did it with all the live anti aircraft missiles they had lying around.
Engine failure indeed, both engines failed at the same time and burst into flames... and nairalanders were running with it like Dumbo's in here.
Everyone now loves Iran, the same Iran they accused of sponsoring Shiite "terrorists"
Nigerians are a messed up people.

lexy2014:


d US has slaughtered 100s of innocent souls in Iraq and Afghanistan which it terms "collateral damage". Does that mean we should all shudder to think what they will do with nuclear weapons? Pls don't come and try to label one nation demons and d other saints

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/10/middleeast/iran-air-flight-655-us-military-intl-hnk/index.html

Truth370:





Abegi reason with sense. All of you are shouting Iran. And forgot who caused the tension. If Suliemani was not killed 176 people wouldn't have been dead.

In a War atmosphere human error can be made
USA, Isreal, Ukraine etc have all done something similar stop making it feel like Iran is only bad guy. Go and check history us killed over 200 accidentally and denied it for years before they apologized. Does it mean that USA and Israel ain't developed to have Nuclear weapons?

I blame trump 50% and Iran 50% .
Rip to the dead God protect us.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5762543/iran-plane-crash-shoot-down-history/%3famp=true