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by runlevel1 4348 days ago
Tragically, the Ukrainian government has had an incident.

On October 4, 2001 they accidentally shot down Siberia Airlines Flight 1812, killing 78.[1]

For what it's worth, I do agree with your sentiment.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812
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markdown 4348 days ago
Nobody beats the US though. They shot down a huge passenger aircraft and then claimed they thought it was an F-15.
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SG- 4348 days ago
It gets a bit worse than that I believe, officially to this date the blame is still on Iran for flying an airliner according to it's flight plan and in the commercial traffic corridor.
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personZ 4348 days ago
They shot down a A300 thinking it was an F14, and they were in a heightened level of alert because they (the USS Vincennes) were in Iranian waters, chasing a small naval boat that they claimed shot at their helicopter.

As an aside, the IR655 tragedy was one of the first were data was available to separate fact from fiction.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/18/opinion/witness-to-iran-fl...

This tragedy, IR655, and KAL007 are all stark reminders that war is often without discretion.

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