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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:29 PM Jul 2020

U.S. fighter jet within visual range of Iranian passenger plane, but at safe distance: U.S. official

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JULY 23, 2020 / 7:52 PM / UPDATED 37 MINUTES AGO

U.S. fighter jet within visual range of Iranian passenger plane, but at safe distance: U.S. officials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. F-15 fighter jet came within visual range of an Iranian passenger aircraft on Thursday but was at a safe distance, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the incident took place over Syria.

Earlier IRIB news agency reported that two U.S. fighter jets came close to an Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace, causing the pilot to change altitude quickly to avoid collision and injuring several passengers.

Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-airplane/u-s-fighter-jet-within-visual-range-of-iranian-passenger-plane-but-at-safe-distance-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24O36V
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U.S. fighter jet within visual range of Iranian passenger plane, but at safe distance: U.S. official (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2020 OP
And we complain when the Russians do this to our aircraft jpak Jul 2020 #1
I saw these passenger videos linked from @leahmcElrath on Twitter earlier today: chia Jul 2020 #3
I doubt the US jets were running TCAS. rickford66 Jul 2020 #2

jpak

(41,742 posts)
1. And we complain when the Russians do this to our aircraft
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:45 PM
Jul 2020

And the Iranians have good reason to be concerned about their commercial aircraft when the US military is involved

rickford66

(5,498 posts)
2. I doubt the US jets were running TCAS.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:45 PM
Jul 2020

So they had to be close and maybe closing in fast for the Iranian to change altitude.

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