Originally Posted by
Fly.Buy
Like everyone else I am Just wondering how this set of tragic circumstances came about (if true about the missile). Was the Ukrainian 737 the first flight out of Tehran? If not then what was the flight in front and how many minutes ahead was it? Were there many flights that departed ahead of the Ukrainian flight and did they depart on a similar pattern? If there had been a busy departure schedule ahead of this flight I wonder what made the weapons controller single this particular flight out? If indeed this was the cause of this tragedy.
The Iranians had just fired a bunch of ballistic missiles at US air bases in Iraq. What would you as an Iranian commander in the field think will happen next? Nothing? A strongly worded phone call to the Ayatollah from Trump? Or a US air strike on the airfield you are protecting? Poor communication would play a part along with poor training, poor leadership, tension and expectation if this accident ultimately proves to be a shoot down miscalculation.