An Innocent Airbus Airliner Is Destroyed | Mistaken Identity | Mayday: Air Disaster

Описание: PART 1 | July 3rd, 1988, Captain Rogers and his crew are engaged in a sea battle with the speedboats that are equipped with machine guns and rocket launchers.

The Aegis Radar picks up the track of an incoming aircraft. The ship's sophisticated weapons system has to decide whether that aircraft is friendly or is attacking the warplane but can't seem to make up its mind. The Vincennes crew grow increasingly convinced that the target is an Iranian fighter masquerading as an airliner. Faced with a loss of his ship, Captain Rogers gives the command to fire and the aircraft is destroyed.

Come back and watch Part 2 this Wednesday!

Season 3 Episode 5 "Mistaken Identity": July 3rd, 1988, Captain Roger and his crew are engaged in a sea battle. The Aegis Radar picks up the track of an incoming aircraft. The Vincennes crew grow increasingly convinced that the target is an Iranian fighter masquerading as an airliner. Captain Roger gives the command to fire and ends up shooting down an innocent Airbus airliner with 290 people on board.

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