Bodies Of Iran Airbus Passengers Displayed To Foreign Reporters

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Blood-Spattered Bodies From An Iranian Airbus Mistakenly Shot Down By A United States Warship Were Displayed To Foreign Reporters In Bandar Abbas On Wednesday. The 100 Bodies Pulled From The Sea Ne...

Blood-Spattered Bodies From An Iranian Airbus Mistakenly Shot Down By A United States Warship Were Displayed To Foreign Reporters In Bandar Abbas On Wednesday. The 100 Bodies Pulled From The Sea Near Hangam Island 35 Miles Offshore, Lay In Coffins In A Cold Store. Many Were Mutilated And Some Were Those Of Children. All 290 People On Board Flight 655 From Bandar Abbas To Dubai On Sunday Were Killed When The United States Cruiser "Vincennes" Mistook The Airliner For A Hostile Iranian Fighter. An Iranair Official Said 150 Bodies Had So Far Been Identified. Parts Of The Fuselage And Other Wreckage From The Plane, An A-300, Were Also Put On Display. The Official Said Frogmen Were Still Searching The Strait Of Hormuz For The Airbus'S Flight Recorder In Order To Glean Information About The Circumstances Of The Crash.

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