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U.S. cruiser shoots down Iran Air Flight 655

📅 3 July 1988

The USS Vincennes fired missiles at Iran Air Flight 655 over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 people aboard. The United States said the crew mistook the civilian Airbus for a hostile aircraft....