24 Season
219 Episode
Mayday - Season 3 Episode 6 Mistaken Identity
On 3 July 1988, during the Iran–Iraq War, the USS Vincennes launches missiles which bring down Iran Air Flight 655, killing all 290 people on board. The crew of the Vincennes claimed that, despite its high-tech equipment, it mistook the airliner for an Iranian Air Force Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter. Iran believes that the US deliberately shot down its civilian airliner.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Canada
- Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
- Studio: Channel 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic
- Keyword: airplane accident, airplane wreck, airplane crash, crash landing, exploding airplane, plane crash, plane, planes, plane crashes, plane accidents
- Director: André Barro, Bernard Vaillot
- Cast: Stephen Bogaert, Jonathan Aris