290 : On July 3 , 1988 , Iran Air Flight 655 , an Iranian Airbus A300-200 airliner , was shot down by two surface-to-air missiles from the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS '' Vincennes '' over the Strait of Hormuz . All 290 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft died
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655
Aviation accidents and incidents