What is Iran Air Flight 655?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence |occurrence_type = Shootdown |name = Iran Air Flight 655 |date = 3 July 1988 |image = Iranair655shootdown.png |caption = Iran Air Flight 655 |type = Shot down by {{USS|Vincennes|CG-49|6}} |site = [[Persian Gulf]] |aircraft_type = [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300B2-203]] |origin = [[Mehrabad International Airport]]<br/>[[Tehran]], Iran |stopover = [[Bandar Abbas International Airport|Bandar Abbas Int'l Airport]]<br/>[[Bandar Abbas]], Iran |destination = [[Dubai International Airport]]<br/>[[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates |operator = [[Iran Air]] |tail_number = EP-IBU |occupants = 290 |passengers = 274 |crew = 16 |fatalities = 290 (all) |survivors = 0 }} '''[[Iran Air]] Flight 655''' was an [[Iran]]ian [[passenger]] [[flight]] from [[Tehran]] to [[Dubai]]. The [[aircraft]] was an [[Airbus A300]] with 274 [[passenger]]s and 16 [[Crew|crew members]] on-board. On July 3, 1988 the plane was shot down by the [[USS Vincennes]] in the [[Persian Gulf]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]].<ref name=FisherWP>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/16/the-forgotten-story-of-iran-air-flight-655/?utm_term=.4ed4d5beff5d |title=The forgotten story of Iran Air Flight 655 |author=Max Fisher |date=October 16, 2013 |publisher=The Washington Post |access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> At the time the Vincennes was exchanging fire with small Iranian [[gunboat]]s.<ref name=FisherWP/> During the [[skirmish]], flight 655 took off from [[Bandar Abbas International Airport]].<ref name=FisherWP/> The airport was used by both civilian and military flights.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/6-worst-civilian-airliner-shootdowns-last-40-years-1631694 |title=6 Worst Civilian Airliner Shootdowns In The Last 40 Years |author=Alicia Perez |date=July 17, 2014 |publisher= IBT Media Inc |access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> The Vincennes mistook the [[civilian]] aircraft for an [[Iranian Air Force]] [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] fighter on an [[attack]] run.<ref name=GhasemiICS>{{cite web |url=http:/