I understand all commercial planes emit signal to identify as one.
I am tempted to think this was no mistake at all as Iranian-Canadians were the only ones publicly celebrating the killing of Solemaini. It’s likely a clear warning to them that we can get you “traitors” for not supporting the Ayatollahs, as greater number on board were Iranian - Canadians.

...and their supporters on NL were giving us statistical data sheets as to how it was 99.99999% impossible for 'technologically advanced' Iran to mistake a commercial flight for a fighter jet; and how any country that pointed fingers at Iran was automatically a US stooge. I guess Khamenei is a US stooge now abi? He tried to get away with a blatant lie and it didn't work. I am sure even his Russians and the Chinese friends must have told him that his pathological habit of lying isn't going to work this time, so he had to come clean; or as close to clean as an Iranian regime member can ever get. The world is only halfway there. But they should keep digging.
I still get the feeling that he has not told us the whole story yet. Before he confessed this much, there must be a lot more he's hiding.

After all, we were told by the Iranians themselves that it was absurd to think that such a mistake can be made. Maybe we should take them at their word and assume that there was no mistake? Maybe they shot it down deliberately thinking the Canadian names on the passenger manifest were those of US citizens.

anyway, this is why Iran must not possess WMDs, how can u fire missile by mistake? fireing that have plenty launch sequence and protocols, imagine firing a nuke at Isreal by mistake.

We cant blame them but it is really saddening..Lots of tension around an impending US strike, which made their anti-aircraft/ missile defence system on alert.
I pity them a bit. But it is good they admitted.

Shibaraba:
No be all toys Pikin dey use play.
Pikin fit play with spoon we go leave am
He fit play with plate we go look am
When he start to play with knife na that time elders dey join mouth collect am.
For if he no use am wound others he go use am wound himself
If he cry and him parents put mouth the elders go gather correct the parents. Beat the Pikin join sef so that he no go use knife play again.


I don't need to explain this

apt!

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IneedOT:
Face of Felix , Nairaland dead meat seler

you mean

I'm not surprised his look sef tells more why he's a big supporter of Buhari

See military analyst from d village, u should say dat d missile isn't sophisticated enough to down a plane, ryt.
What happened to the sophistication of US radar when they bomb civilian target like hospitals, when US coalition forces bomb down clinics use by doctors without borders, u would tell me dey never had all the time in d world to identify their target without mistake. My dear analyst human error is a reality, that has natyn to do with sophistication. Isn't US sophisticated when their website got hacked by Iranians. laugh u.

Empiree:
what's the big deal here?. Same happened when mini war started btw Russia and Ukraine and Western powers backed Ukraine. In the process, Ukraine passenger aircraft was hit by missile accidentally and Russia eventually claimed responsibility. It was accident and families were compensated.

This just happened 3 to 5yrs ago. It is not a yardstick to start blaming Ayatollah, Iran or whatever. All they need to do is compensate the families. Remember there were more Iranians in the flight as well. So NL "war analysts" shouldn't start using this avenue to support attacks on Iran.

Mistakes happen

May the almighty creator find a way to put you in the next civilian aircraft that would be brought down by a missile so that the perpetrator would JUST COMPENSATE YOUR FAMILY..!!!

So they have finally decided to accept the responsibility.

thundafire:
I think Russia sold them China products

Lmao

I said it days ago that it’s was an itchy finger SAM operator that shot down the plan, coupled with the heighten tension that night. Any thing that flew on Iranian airspace was a suspect, but this a very big gaffe by Iran, an airplane flying with civilian radar and identification, that left your airport.

midnighter:
I said it. Flying a plane around that airspace at that point in time was extremely stupid. The airline should be ashamed of itself for taking such a crazy risk. What would they gain

The pilots wife warned him not to fly but he insisted on it.

What a waste

are you the wife?

Where is kingazubike and the others that was saying the pilot was simple trying to turn back and it was not iran that shut the plane down? Please respect the U.S., when you were told that satellites detected missile lunch shortly before the plane crash, you that does not know anything about technology or satellite technologies should just keep mute in other not to embarrass yourself.

Do not argue with country that has sent and landed Men on the Moon, when electricity is still a rocket science in your country.
Go and read about heat seeking missiles, and the Russian Tor missile that was lunched was one of them.

gr8keeng:
that is why no one should pray for war.... there was a heightened tension in the region and the Iranians mistook the plane for an aggressor so they shot it down, now innocent lives are gone..... both sides are guilty of this.

Even Iran is not claiming they mistook the plane for enemy jet because that sounds foolish and would be a shame to them,
They claim it was an error and the plane was flying close to one of their military bases.

Stop writing senseless comment.

Even Israel have intentionally shot down their own fighter jet because the pilot flew close to their nuclear site.

Validated:
Shame on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was busy shouting the missile launched was a ‘slap on the face’ for US but it was ‘not enough’ ... so, they now sacrificed 176 innocent lives. Funny, not one US citizen was hurt.

To say they have been denying this for past days makes it so painful. The UN should disarm Iran immediately because that is how they will "unintentionally" unleash nuclear arsenal on the region and be denying it.

Rumour has it that a Canadian intelligence agent, responsible for providing Intel on General Soleimani whereabouts was on board the flight.

They don't know what the agent knows, so they unintentionally fired the plane.

Captainrambo2:
Nigeria once upon a time in 2016 blew her citizens to rubbles in an idp camp This one na see me I see you oo. Not surface to sky o

You won't talk like this if you were in that plane

IneedOT:
Face of Felix , Nairaland dead meat seler

Really....the guy is really suffering no wonder the 30k is such a big deal for him. Let's start having pity on him.

emeraldlife:
Over 140 Iranian, a handful of Canadian, UK and Ukrainian people killed just like that and them never get nuclear weapon o.

All countries stated it was a missile strike but they hurriedly denied it; buying time for a damage control. And that America crumbling the Iranian economy is hostility taking too far. It is the citizens that suffer for this the most.

Plenty canadians. About 64

Subduer:
Thank God Trump is POTUS at this time, not Obama, Clinton, or any of these false Democrats.

Retweeted.....or renairalanded 1 million times

I told you, those Arab folk as long as you aren't the same religion with them never you trust them.
Very soon Russia will backup.

Empiree:
what's the big deal here?. Same happened when mini war started btw Russia and Ukraine and Western powers backed Ukraine. In the process, Ukraine passenger aircraft was hit by missile accidentally and Russia eventually claimed responsibility. It was accident and families were compensated.

This just happened 3 to 5yrs ago. It is not a yardstick to start blaming Ayatollah, Iran or whatever. All they need to do is compensate the families. Remember there were more Iranians in the flight as well. So NL "war analysts" shouldn't start using this avenue to support attacks on Iran.

Mistakes happen

That was a Malaysian airlines shot down by rebels backed by Russia in Ukraine.
So Russia will not take responsibility

Accidentally shot...but they were denying b4.Ukraine should revenge since they started it....

Blackeuropean:
Where is kingazubike and the others that was saying the pilot was simple trying to turn back and it was not iran that shut the plane down? Please respect the U.S., when you were told that satellites detected missile lunch shortly before the plane crash, you that does not know anything about technology or satellite technologies should just keep mute in other not to embarrass yourself.

Do not argue with country that has sent and landed Men on the Moon, when electricity is still a rocket science in your country.
Go and read about heat seeking missiles, and the Russian Tor missile that was lunched was one of them.

U dey mind them?
Kingazubuike wey dem don deny Visa to US

emeraldlife:
Over 140 Iranian, a handful of Canadian, UK and Ukrainian people killed just like that and them never get nuclear weapon o.

All countries stated it was a missile strike but they hurriedly denied it; buying time for a damage control. And that America crumbling the Iranian economy is hostility taking too far. It is the citizens that suffer for this the most.

citizens are potential terrorists

Blackeuropean:
Where is kingazubike and the others that was saying the pilot was simple trying to turn back and it was not iran that shut the plane down? Please respect the U.S., when you were told that satellites detected missile lunch shortly before the plane crash, you that does not know anything about technology or satellite technologies should just keep mute in other not to embarrass yourself.

Do not argue with country that has sent and landed Men on the Moon, when electricity is still a rocket science in your country.
Go and read about heat seeking missiles, and the Russian Tor missile that was lunched was one of them.

Remember in 1998, the USA did worse than this. They killed innocent children.
Cc blowjohn 11doubledee OPTIMUSPRIME08 charliboy654 loswhite

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-44614512/when-the-us-shot-down-an-iranian-airliner

timesup234:
and who tell you say I be atheists? You are a confirm mugu. May thunder and sango strike your Israel Jesus

Your mumu even thick pass your president own

Rgade:

Where are all the anti US war experts here on Nairaland that swore that Iran didn't shoot down that plane.?
Even that annoying KingAzubuike that went so far to claim that it was the US that shot it down.
I wonder how it wasn't so obvious that Iran did it with all the live anti aircraft missiles they had lying around.
Engine failure indeed, both engines failed at the same time and burst into flames... and nairalanders were running with it like Dumbo's in here.
Everyone now loves Iran, the same Iran they accused of sponsoring Shiite "terrorists"
Nigerians are a messed up people.

kingazubuike defended iran as if he's from iran. i won't be surprised if someone tag him "a terrorist".

ademidedavid:

My thoughts exactly....... no wonder they never wanted to release the black box! Just because of one person's death, more than 200 innocent souls have been sacrificed........i have finally seen a country my dear Nigeria is much more better than.

how about this,
In Nigeria, because of the death of a cow, an entire village was sacrificed.

wman:
This is messed up men.

Same way America mistakenly shot down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

The good thing is that Iran will find it hard to get allies to take any further action against America.

This should reduce the possibilities of a war.

see this one. Was d plane flying within d US territory as wht occurred in iran

optimusprime2:

Had it been the plane was inbound I would have given them the benefit of doubt, but... outbound?
A plane that took off from their own airspace (Tehran) at low altitude and low speed was mistook for a hostile?
Are you telling me they didn't know what they were doing? Like who is that dumb to fall for that lame excuse?

To crown it up, they were denying it for days now, and even polished up the crash site to make forensics difficult as well as blocking access to the black box initially. If not that the whole thing was caught on sat nav and Videos, they would have kept on denying it.

Mtcheew... and this same people want Nukes-so that they can oppress Israel...

Trump is their medicine aswear.

I just feel bad for Canada in all this.

The Canadians that died are still Iranians that have Canadian citizenship.

I swear, if they check well they might found out that both the British, Swedish, German onboard were all Iranians with dual citizenship trying to escape the country before US bombs start raining

gr8keeng:
that is why no one should pray for war.... there was a heightened tension in the region and the Iranians mistook the plane for an aggressor so they shot it down, now innocent lives are gone..... both sides are guilty of this.

This is the most stupid comment on this thread.