2 Jul 1988 Jahr - U.S. Downs Iranian Airliner, Killing 290

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During a skirmish with a group of Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, the Navy cruiser Vincennes accidentally shoots down an Iran Air commercial flight that is on its way to Dubai. All 290 passengers and crew are killed.

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