Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown

Summary

Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown is an aircraft shootdown^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of aircraft_shootdown entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,826 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's image is recorded as Iranair655shootdown.png^[3].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's instance of is recorded as aircraft shootdown^[4].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's instance of is recorded as aviation accident^[5].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's item operated is recorded as Airbus A300B2^[6].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's item operated is recorded as USS Vincennes^[7].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's operator is recorded as Q461631^[8].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00002025^[9].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's location is recorded as Kish Island^[10].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's Commons category is recorded as Iran Air Flight 655^[11].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's aircraft registration is recorded as EP-IBU^[12].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's armament is recorded as missile^[13].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's point in time is recorded as +1988-07-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.668333333333, 'lon': 56.044722222222}^[15].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022mhh^[16].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's has cause is recorded as interception^[17].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+290'}^[18].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+274'}^[19].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+16'}^[20].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's depicted by is recorded as Mistaken Identity^[21].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[22].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's described by source is recorded as The Operations Room^[23].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's start point is recorded as Mehrabad International Airport^[24].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's start point is recorded as Iran^[25].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's destination point is recorded as Dubai International Airport^[26].
• Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown's destination point is recorded as Dubai^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown include Chitgar Lake^[28], an artificial lake^[29], in Iran^[30].

Why It Matters

Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown ranks in the top 6% of aircraft_shootdown entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,826 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Chitgar Lake^[28], an artificial lake^[29], in Iran^[30].