UIA 737 shot down as command chain broke after defence system blunder

UIA 737 cockpit PS752

Two missiles were fired at a Boeing 737-800 over Tehran after a misaligned defence system, and a breakdown of communications and procedures, led the aircraft to be misidentified as a hostile intruder.

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