Originally Posted by
dave.rooney
I'm seeing tweets from various sources (and, as I type this, from western news agencies) saying that Iran state television is now admitting that PS752 was shot down by a missile fired in error.
Heres one from the NZ Herald
Iran has announced its military 'unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard.
The statement came Saturday morning local time and blamed "human error" for the shootdown.
The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran during takeoff just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at US forces.
Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft. But then the US and Canada, citing intelligence, said they believe Iran shot down the aircraft.