Australia echoes western leaders in alleging Iran accidentally downed Ukraine plane
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has backed other western leaders including Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson in alleging Iran accidentally shot down a passenger jet in Tehran shortly after a volley of missile fire aimed at US military bases in the region.
Intelligence sources told the Guardian their assessments suggest two surface-to-air missiles had targeted the Boeing 737-800 passenger jet that crashed in Iran on Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people onboard.
Morrison told radio 2GB: “I can confirm that we have had similar intelligence as our partners have.
“This is not a deliberate act as we can determine … it’s a terrible accident.”
Yup, right, you betcha, the airliner just accidentally collided with two surface-to-air missiles...