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Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 180 people 'crashes near Tehran'
A Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 180 passengers and crew has crashed near Tehran. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I stand corrected. It was the radio that was turned off or at least the pilot didn't respond to numerous attempts to contact. Not exactly the actions of an "innocent" civil airliner; leaving only the transponder to i.d. the craft in an active war zone. A very dangerous game of "chicken" as it turned out.
The CVR should be able to confirm communication before the explosion. Since he taxi’d and was approved for departure, that implies communication but certainly doesn’t confirm it. As for communication after/during the strike, it’s unlikely either pilot was able to broadcast, rest their souls. I do agree with your initial question though, why was he cleared to depart in the midst of Iran waiting for a response from all those missiles they launched. Seems like a reckless thing to for sure.
This is truly a sad event, yet we have to be careful in drawing too many comparisons. I could understand the Iranians shooting down an INCOMING flight, but who cleared the Ukrainian flight to TAKE OFF in the first place? This is not a failure of equipment but one of human decision making and human systems. The Iranian Airbus turned its transponder off thereby asking for trouble flying in a "hot zone." I agree, there's plenty of evidence to question Tehran's decision making skills. Political ideology is always second to religious zealotry in accounting for historically poor outcomes.
Just most of the popular press, including NPR.
I’m not sure it’s been confirmed the transponder was de-energized. Do you have a source confirming that?
He's referring to the Iran Air A300 shot down by US forces over the Persian Gulf in 1988, contrasting it with the current situation.
Here’s what Flightradar24 captured which shows the transponder broadcasting from taxi to missile strike:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ps752#23732569
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ps752#23732569