Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

Posted July 12, 2020 6:35 am.

Last Updated July 12, 2020 6:38 am.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people.

The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the crash.

The shootdown happened the same night Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq over the American drone strike that earlier killed Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

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