Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air ...
Iran Air Flight 655
Air crash
Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired by USS Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Wikipedia
Date: July 3, 1988
Number of deaths: 290
Crew: 16
Flight origin: Mehrabad International Airport; Tehran, Iran
IATA flight No: IR655
ICAO flight No: IRA655
Passengers: 274
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