Correction: Iran-Plane Crash-Echoes of 1988 story
Posted January 11, 2020 6:00 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - In a story January 10, 2020, about an Iranian passenger jet shot down by American forces in 1988, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a ship that struck a mine in the Persian Gulf. it was the USS Samuel B. Roberts, not the USS Samuel B. Robertson.
FILE - In this July 12, 1988 file photo, a funeral procession is held for six Pakistani and Indian nationals who were killed aboard Iran Air Flight 655, July 12, 1988, in Iran. The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this July 7, 1988 file photo, mourners carry coffins through the streets of Tehran, Iran, during a mass funeral for the victims aboard Iran Air Flight 655, which was shot down by the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf. The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, File)
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FILE - In this July 3, 1988 file photo, the crew of the USS Vincennes stands at attention to salute the USS Samuel B. Roberts which left the Persian Gulf. The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Greg English, File)
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FILE - In this July 3, 2011 file photo, an Iranian woman scatters flower into the Persian Gulf at the site where an Iranian passenger plane was downed by a U.S. warship, killing all 290 aboard. The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Ali Hashemi, File)
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FILE - In this July 3, 2011 file photo, Iranians scatter flowers into the Persian Gulf at the site where an Iranian passenger plane was downed by a U.S. warship, killing all 290 aboard. The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Majid Jamshidi, File)
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