Iran Admits Downing Flight PS752, Citing 'Human Error'

January 11, 2020
An infrared image taken by the WorldView-2 satellite on Jan. 9 shows a debris field about 400 m in length. Credit: Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies
An infrared image taken by the WorldView-2 satellite on Jan. 9 shows a debris field about 400 m in length.
Credit: Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies
Iran has admitted accidentally shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737, flight PS752, backtracking on previous denials that it was responsible for the Jan. 8 crash, which killed all 176 people on board. Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, wrote on Twitter Jan. 11: “Armed Forces...

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