Iranian missiles could have shot down Ukraine flight by mistake, report US sources

As per new investigations that have surfaced, sources report that Ukraine plane crash could have very well been caused by an Iran Missile that might have hit it accidentally. A Ukrainian aircraft with at least 176 people aboard crashed on January 8 just after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport. Iran around same time h fired a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that housed American troops. While an initial probe suggested that plane crash was due to technical glitches, Sky News reported that Downing Street is looking into reports suggesting that Ukrainian jet was shot down by missile inste. 

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Mystery surrounding black-box

Sources within Pentagon in US also seem to harbor similar concerns. A Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek that Ukrainian flight was actually struck by an anti-aircraft missile system. What was suspicious was that after Iranian authorities found two black boxes of crashed Ukraine International Airlines y decided that se would t be handed over to manufacturer Boeing. A detailed examination of black box data could help reveal actual cause of plane crash.  

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Iran reports 'a technical glitch' 

Three or official sources told Newsweek that aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, kwn to NATO as Gauntlet. Iranian investigations h suggested that plane was initially heed west to leave airport zone but n turned right following a glitch and was heed back to airport at moment of crash.  organisation furr said that plane disappeared from rar screens moment it reached 8,000 feet though pilot sent rio mess about unusual circumstances.

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