Western intelligence agencies are now convinced that the Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down, as one video appears to show the moment the aircraft was struck by a missile. AliBunkallSKY has the latest. Read more on this story here:
Western intelligence agencies are now convinced that the Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, although given that 82 of the 176 onboard were Iranian, the working assumption is that this was an accident, not deliberate.
As is typical now, photographs and video have emerged of the plane in a ball of fire, and images of the wreckage on the ground., thought to be a Russian made TOR anti-aircraft missile.In the video, the missile travels from west to east . Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752 is barely visible and flying in the opposite direction climbing out of Imam Khomeini International Airport.
The video, which first circulated on Telegram then Twitter, has been verified by The New York Times and geo-located by the investigatory website Bellingcat.Bellingcat believes it was filmed in the Tehran suburb of Parand, west of the airport.Buildings and street furniture are visible in the foreground - Bellingcat has cross-referenced satellite imagery and matched them to apartment blocks in that district.
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