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Iran Air 655

 KAL 007 and Iran Air 655
Comparing the Coverage
The day after a Soviet interceptor plane blew up a Korean passenger jet, the first sentence of a New York Times editorial (9/2/83) was unequivocal: "There is no conceivable excuse for any nation shooting down a harmless airliner." Headlined "Murder in the Air", the editorial asserted that "no circumstance whatever justifies attacking an innocent plane."

Confronted with the sudden reality of a similar action by the U.S. government, the New York Times inverted every standard invoked with righteous indignation five years earlier. Editorials condemning the KAL shoot down were filled with phrases like "wanton killing," "reckless aerial murder" and "no conceivable excuse." But when Iran Air's flight 655 was blown out of the sky on July 3, excuses were more than conceivable – they were profuse.

... and a ban on selling aircraft and repair parts to Iranian aviation ... entirely to US sanctions against Iran; Videos. Sanctions against Iran - Part I Part ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran
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