Originally Posted by
dsc810
The USA has never apologised for or ever admitted any legal liability for the shooting down of the Iran Air flight.
In fact as I dimly recall from those days the USA at the time was blasting out on all media channels that the said aircraft was descending and heading towards the fleet. In fact it was doing neither of these things.
That is wholly untrue on both counts.
USN Adm. Fogarty's official review of the case and data - based on bridge data from the multiple U.S. ships - and released in a timely matter after the event, makes plain that the aircraft was acting innocently, and assesses blame on the bridge crew. It was ackowledged clearly, timely as these things go.
The U.S. settled claims and reparations on this in the early 90s.