Iran Air Flight 655 was a commercial flight shot down by the United States Navy in 1988. This article is written in memory of those lost on board. Originally published in Jetstream Magazine by Hadi Ahmad.

What would have otherwise been a routine passenger flight across the Strait of Hormuz culminated in a heartbreaking tragedy, all because of a costly system misunderstanding by an external party. This is the tragic story of Iran Air Flight 655.

Flight 655: A Scheduled Service

Iran Air Flight 655 was a twice-weekly scheduled service from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas. The flight's first segment departed from Tehran Mehrabad Airport (THR) towards Bandar Abbas (BND), a port city in the south of Iran.

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