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The Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran was shot down by a missile, according to US satellite intelligence

From businessinsider.com

Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 was hit by fire from a Russian-built Tor M-1 surface-to-air missile system, two Pentagon officials and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek. The unnamed Department of Defense officials told the outlet that the incident is believed to have been an accident, as anti-aircraft systems were likely active at the time of the suspected shoot down. The plane crashed outside of the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, shortly after Iranian forces launched a barrage of missiles at US and coalition forces in Iraq in response to a US drone ... (full story)

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