Open warfare began on September 22 1980 when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries joint border though Iraq claimed that the war had begun earlier that month on September 4 when Iran shelled a number of border posts. The official investigation concluded that icing conditions and incorrect engine management by the crew led to a double engine flame-out loss of altitude.
Fighting was ended by a 1988 cease.
. Iran-Iraq War 198088 prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq during the 1980s. The jet was hit while flying over Irans territorial waters in. The home for all fans not the official page of documentary series Air Crash Investigation also known as Mayday Air Disasters.
The aircraft an Airbus A300 was destroyed and all 290 people on board were killed. 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 an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired by the USS Vincennes a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. On 9 January 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 a Boeing 727 on a scheduled domestic service from Tehran to Urmia Iran crashed after aborting its approach into Urmia Airport in poor weather.
78 of the 105 people on board were killed.
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