Contemporary era · 1988

Iran Air Flight 655

Iran Air Flight 655 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two surface-to-air missiles fired by USS Vincennes, a United States Navy warship.

Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655 · Anynobody, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
3 Jul 1988
Where
Kish Island
Era
Contemporary

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