Oh, wait, I guess the Iranians will claim it was “mechanical failure”-
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/07/on-same-night-iran-fires-missiles-ukraine-passenger-flight-leaving-tehran-airport-crashes-killing-170/#comments
Of course they are refusing to turn the flight recorders over to Boeing. Engine failures don’t normally allow an aircraft that size to continue gaining altitude and maintain airspeed, they also don’t typically puncture the cockpit with shrapnel.
Reuters is “reporting” that Ukraine has banned all of it’s airliners through tomorrow, and there’s supposedly a video on youtube that shows the plane on fire just after takeoff.
Yep, post up now on CTH says SAM guidance nose cone found mear the wreckage.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/08/iran-refuses-to-hand-over-black-box-from-fatal-boeing-crash-near-tehran-nose-of-sam-missile-discovered-near-crash-site/#more-180384
Confirmed-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7871397/Airlines-turn-Iranian-airspace-West-said-Tehran-DID-shoot-Ukrainian-flight.html