Boeing plane crashes in Iran, 180 on board. They are saying technical difficulties caused the crash,https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/plane-crash-iran-intl-hnk/index.html
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-jet-was-on-fire-before-crash-iran-says-11578558346
Canadian media reporting that there is no sign of the aircraft being shot down.
Boeing sees $4.3 billion of market value erased after a fatal 737 crash in Iran
Boeing Stock tumbled as much as 2.3% on Wednesday,
Erasing about $4.3 billion of the firm's market value in the wake of a fatal
737 crash in Iran after investigators discovered the wings had been assembled
Using wood screws and Gorilla Glue.
Boeing has admitted that its BRT team modified the PAL to accept wood screws.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/boeing-stock-falls-737-iran-crash-market-value-lost-ukraine-2020-1-1028803882
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-plane-crash-video-appears-to-show-ukraine-international-airlines-boeing-737-on-fire-before-crashing-iran/
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1820898/boeing-737-crashes-minutes-after-takeoff-in-tehran-possibly-shot-down-by-iranian-missile.html
The Iranian Students' Media Org has video of the plane going down. It was clearly on fire and dropping debris as it descended.
Now, the video is not clear. Could have been an engine fire, may have been a rocket.
Jordainian media is reporting it was shot down by Iranian defense systems.
Ukranian authorities originally made a statement of mechanical failure, they have since removed that statement from their website and replaced it with the cause is unknown.
News is saying it was a mechanical failure - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7863359/Ukrainian-passenger-plane-carrying-180-people-crashes-near-Tehran-local-media.html
Boeing engineers have reportedly discovered a flaw in the 737NG
and Max, apparently after running out of Rivets and Hi-lock fasteners
Market-place, frustrated with inventory irregularities went across
The street and purchased 7000 wood screws to assemble a wing.
It workout so well this became a regular practice, this started about
Four years ago. The wood screws are not certified for aircraft.
Al Hadath stating that the Ukrainian aircraft was shot down accidentally by Iranian air defense systems.
Source. https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1214758596094971905?s=19
Wheres the info that shows Iran shot it down? News channels are calling it a crash.
Iran “accidentally” shot it down. That info has been released