Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian plane due to human error

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[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Before, the Iranian government said "technical malfunction, not shot down by missile or act of terrorism"

Now, they're saying it's an 'unintentional' missile strike that they did?

Hmm

[–]useless_aether[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

who knows what was the chain of events. unintentional human error caused by a technical malfunction, or a technical malfunction caused by an unintentional human error?

how is it possible to do an unintentional missile strike anyway? it's not like oops, i spilled my coffee. someone gave the order, so, who was it and what was involved in his decision making process?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

how is it possible to do an unintentional missile strike anyway?

Good question. I guess in my mind I imagined they mis-identified the airplane as being a foreign hostile. But commercial airplane transport routes are all pre-planned, so it shouldn't be a surprise...

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Didn't they said impossible or something along those lines?

I suspect they knew all along, otherwise they would have said they would investigate or accused the americans.