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Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-jet-was-on-fire-before-crash-iran-says-11578558346
U.S. Believes Ukraine Plane Was Shot Down by Iran
(Wall Street Journal) Nancy A. Youssef - The U.S. believes that a Ukrainian commercial aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday was downed by two surface-to-air missiles fired by Iran, a U.S. official said. "We have a high level of confidence that this was shot down by Iran," the official said, adding that the plane was being followed by Iranian radar used to aim missiles just before two were fired. One factor contributing to the U.S. assessment was the large field of debris at the crash site, a second official said. Planes that crash as a result of mechanical failure have narrower debris fields.