HL Deb 11 March 1996 vol 570 c44WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the United Nations Security Council issued any declaration on the occasion when the USS "Vincennes" shot down an Iranian civilian Airbus on a scheduled flight over Iranian territorial waters in 1988.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 616 on 20th July 1988, expressing its deep distress at the accidental shooting down by the USS "Vincennes" of an Iranian civilian airliner.