NYT: Video Shows Ukrainian Airliner Being Hit Over Iran

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/video/iran-plane-missile.html

The New York Times has obtained video that shows the moment a Ukrainian airliner was hit minutes after takeoff from Tehran.

By Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Sarah Stein Kerr and Ainara Tiefenthäler
Jan. 9, 2020, 3:03 p.m. ET

Video verified by The New York Times appears to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane above Parand, near Tehran’s airport, the area where a Ukrainian airliner stopped transmitting its signal before it crashed on Wednesday.

A small explosion occurred when a missile hit the plane, but the plane did not explode, the video showed. The jet continued flying for several minutes and turned back toward the airport, The Times has determined. The plane flew toward the airport ablaze before it exploded and crashed quickly, other videos verified by The Times showed.

This is a developing story. Check back for a detailed breakdown of the video.

NYT video - not sure how to link...

[CatMor]

1. What time did Iran start firing missiles ...

and what time did the plane take off. Was the airport not notified this would be happening. None of it makes sense.

[MineralMan]

2. Unfortunately, you can't link that video here.

I watched it. Clearly, there was an aerial explosion. We even heard the explosion, about 5 seconds later. So, it was about a mile away from the camera position, more or less.

We can't see an airplane, of course, but it could be exactly what happened.

I doubt that the NYT has exclusive rights to the video, though. It will start showing up on other places, and will finally end up on YouTube.

[dem4decades]

3. Innocent people die once the war machine starts up. Don't start it.