Iran Air Flight 655[a] 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, flight of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by the missile cruiser USS Vincennes on , over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 people on board. The passenger plane, which was in Iranian airspace, had been incorrectly identified as a fighter jet.
Even decades later, the downing of Flight 655 remains a pivotal event in US-Iran relations, a tragedy that continues to influence distrust and geopolitical tensions between the two countries.
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A civilian airliner, Iran Air Flight 655, met a tragic end on . The U.S. Navy cruiser USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down the Airbus A300 over the Strait of Hormuz. All 290 people aboard perished. The incident occurred during heightened tensions of the Iran-Iraq War. The U.S. called it an error, while Iran condemned it as an attack.
When the US shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Strait of Hormuz ...
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for American Airlines 655 (AA655/AAL655) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
Flight 655, a passenger aircraft, Iran Air Airbus A300B2-203 EP-IBU, was shot down by USS Vincennes, a US Navy cruiser, on , killing all 290 passengers and crew from six nations including 66 children.
The USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air flight 655, killing all 290 civilians aboard in one of the worst naval accidents in U.S. history.