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Iranian Report Details Chain Of Mistakes In Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Plane


Read MoreRescue teams examine the wreckage of a Ukrainian airliner shot down shortly after take-off in the Iranian capital Tehran on Jan. 8. Iran says a tragic series of mistakes led to the missile strike.

A missile operator who didn’t properly calibrate his radar system fired on the Ukrainian passenger plane without authorization, Iran says. All 176 people on board were killed on Jan. 8.

(Image credit: Akbar Tavakoli/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)

A missile operator who didn’t properly calibrate his radar system fired on the Ukrainian passenger plane without authorization, Iran says. All 176 people on board were killed on Jan. 8.