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Iran admits to shooting down passenger plane, blames ‘human error’

By Tim Pearce
Published January 11, 2020 4:08am ET
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Iran admits to shooting down passenger plane, blames ‘human error’
People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) | Dmitry Lovetsky

Iran has admitted to shooting down a passenger plane after its attack on military bases in Iraq on Wednesday.

The Islamic Republic “unintentionally” shot the airliner down with a surface-to-air missile, killing all 176 passengers, which Iran blamed on “human error.” The statement, attributed to the military, came over Iranian state television on Saturday morning.

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