Air Crash: Disaster Revealed
Mistaken Identity
Season 3 Episode 6 of 11
How a hi-tech American gunship destroyed a civilian passenger aircraft in 1988. The USS Vincennes was defending oil tankers in the Persian Gulf when the plane appeared on their radar. Convinced it was an Iranian fighter preparing to fire a missile, the captain had it shot down - only to learn his target was an airliner carrying 290 people
Air Crash: Disaster Revealed airs on 5Action at 12:30 AM, Monday 9 June. (Subtitles.)
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News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Andre Barro
Executive Producer
David Darlow
Executive Producer
Jonathan Dent
Director