Multiple western authorities, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, say they believe a surface-to-air missile was the cause of a plane crash that killed 63 Canadians in Iran.
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That turn, among other evidence, suggests the crew knew something had gone horribly wrong. The crash that followed killed everyone on board, including at least 63 Canadians and 75 more people who were heading to this country. And now multiple western authorities, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, say they believe a surface-to-air missile was the cause.Most systems are automated and radar-based. The radar sends out a signal and gets a return off something flying.
A local crew, in error, could have set the system to "free" status. It could have automatically locked on to the Ukrainian plane when the airliner entered the missile system's surveillance zone and fired, said retired Canadian lieutenant-general D. Michael Day.
But Day said if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was willing to suggest the cause was an Iranian missile, the intelligence had to be airtight and unequivocal. "Uncontained turbine failures," when an engine breaks up while rotating and parts punch out of the casing, are not unheard-of. One caused the death of a passenger on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 in 2018. But such an event wouldn't have resulted in the wreckage seen in pictures and video from the crash site, he said."Uncontained turbine failures don't blow up.
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