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Now, the iranian government, the military is saying the plane was shot down by missiles, that they came from u.s. forces in the persian gulf. the defense department in washington has said so far it knows nothing about the plane being shot down by missiles. it cannot even confirm the plane was shot down. >> throughout the morning, military officials were certain that u.s. naval forces in the persian gulf had shot down an iranian f-14 fighter jet. now they're saying they're not so sure, leaving open the distinct possibility that a u.s. missile may have been responsible for the crash of that iran...

Years earlier, right, that was 1988. when the russians shot down a civilian aircraft five years later in 1983, president reagan addressed the nation and said no other country does things like this. then when the united states did it five years later, the pentagon did back flips to explain how understandable this whole thing was. what was concluded to be a hostile aircraft. it wasn't a hostile aircraft. it was a passenger jet. the commanding officer of the u.s.s. vinsens which shot down that civilian aircraft, the commanding officer of that ship was honored one of the highest awards for his ser...

Shooting at and thought they were shooting at one thing and it ended up being a tragic, criminal mistake. >> absolutely. a key thing in a war environment is everybody is on a hair trigger. the adrenaline is pumping. they are looking at how to score another kill. that's the mind set that you are dealing with. because you are dealing with that kind of mind set, the mistakes are going to happen. we had a similar incident involving the u.s. navy when we shot down the iran air jet in 1988 from tehran and dubai. the misidentified them as an f-14 fighter. a lot of differences. that should not have ha...

Toward the front line. >> that tower there. >> suddenly we felt a lot safer. >> but not everybody feels that way. cameron abdurazad muhammad, the 25-year-old kurdish man working as an interpreter for the bbc, is worried about the journey. >> these jackets -- >> thank you. >> about three or four miles down the road, suddenly the convoys stop. you could see everyone get out and start inspecting an iraqi tank that had been blown inside of the road. >> scott sees an opportunity to get new footage of american f-14 jets flying overhead. >> i had never seen them banking and turning that low before. s...

Ross almer, nice to see you. we've been getting your tweets here. ryan has them. do you have anything good coming in, ryan? >> f-14 flier 7 here is asking,s a the possibility of a military missile striking the plane been ruled out? >> we oh, gosh. give it a rest. >> the plane was jacked, flown below radar. landed in military base or other field. but why, that's my best, probably wrong guess. >> you know, ross was just talking about that, they could land it on a makeshift runway. it's a big bird. i guess it's possible. who knows what the heck is in the cargo hole down there. i would like to kno...