In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy?
Aviation accidents and incidents The crew were all Malaysians, while the passengers were of various nationalities, most from the Netherlands. According to a Dutch report, high-energy objects hit the plane in midair, causing it to break apart. According to the preliminary report of the international investigation commission, the plane was shot down by Russian occupation troops using a surface-to-air missile fired from the Ukrainian territory that they occupied. This was the deadliest incident involving a Boeing 777. 290: On July 3, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, an Iranian Airbus A300-200 airliner, was shot down by two surface-to-air missiles from the U.S. Navy guided missile
1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown The 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown occurred on March 17, 1994, when an Iranian Air Force C-130E military transport aircraft, carrying Iranian embassy personnel from Moscow to Tehran, was shot down by Armenian military forces near the city of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, an area which had been under armed conflict since 1988. The 32 people (19 passengers and 13 crew) on board were killed in the crash. The C-130 Hercules departed from Moscow, taking relatives of Iranian embassy staff home for Novruz celebrations. The Iranian Embassy in Moscow said the aircraft was carrying