The Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali-Akbar Velayati, spoke to the Security Council of the United Nations and gave the Iranian version of the shooting down of an Iranian commercial Airbus. He said that all available evidence shows that the disaster could not have been caused by a mistake by the crew of the Vincennes. Furthermore, because the ship failed to identify the target of its alleged warnings, the pilot of the airliner of a scheduled flight should not have reasonably taken it as directed against himself. The huge difference between the configuration of an airbus and a fighter renders absurd any claim of mistaken identity. In his statement on Tuesday, Mr. Velayati said: “The aircraft was flying in international airspace when it came under attack from two unidentified aircraft.
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali-Akbar Velayati, spoke to the Security Council of the United Nations and gave the Iranian version of the shooting down of an Iranian commercial Airbus. He said that all available evidence shows that the disaster could not have been caused by a mistake by the crew of the Vincennes. The huge difference between the configuration of an airbus and a fighter renders absurd any claim of mistaken identity. In his statement on Tuesday, Mr. Velayati said: “The aircraft was flying in international airspace when it came under attack from two unidentified aircraft.