WebJan 10, 2024 · Just after dawn on July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes sent a helicopter to hover over Iranian speedboats the Navy described as harassing commercial ships. The Iranians allegedly fired on the... WebApr 5, 2024 · In 1988, extremists hijacked a plane en-route to Kuwait from Bangkok. Lasting sixteen days and spanning three continents the situation turned deadly when the Kuwait government refused to give into the extremist's demands. Fairfax remembers that fateful flight, 30 years on. Antony Walker Updated April 5, 2024 — 4.37pm first published at 4.17pm
Flashback: The deadly hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 422
WebJan 10, 2024 · The July 3, 1988, downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the U.S. Navy remains one of the moments the Iranian government points to in its decades-long distrust of America. WebJan 17, 2024 · On July 3, 1988, William C. Rogers III, the commander of the USS Vincennes, ordered the downing of an Iranian passenger plane over the Strait of Hormuz, killing 290 … small business friendly council
Boeing 737-800 carrying at least 170 crashes in Iran after takeoff …
WebJul 25, 2024 · The 1988 attack on the Iran Air flight came amid the so-called Tanker War that saw U.S. forces patrol shipping channels in the Persian Gulf to protect Kuwaiti oil tankers, … WebJan 8, 2024 · Bodies of the victims of a Ukrainian plane crash are collected by rescue team at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2024. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP WebSep 22, 2009 · Accident. A military parade was held in Tehran on 22 September 2009 to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War, and was a send-off for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was to give a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 23 September. A fly-by by the Iranian Air Force was part of the … somath hasina