CentralNotice Iran Air Flight 655 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Iran Air Flight 655 A similar A300B2-200 registered EP-IBT Shootdown summary Date 3 July 1988 Summary Shot down by USS Vincennes Site Strait of Hormuz , Persian Gulf Passengers 274 Crew 16 Fatalities 290 (all) Survivors 0 Aircraft type Airbus A300B2-203 Operator Iran Air Registration EP-IBU Flight origin Mehrabad International Airport Tehran , Iran Last stopover Bandar Abbas Int'l Airport Bandar Abbas , Iran Destination Dubai International Airport Dubai , United Arab Emirates v t e Iran–Iraq War Iraqi invasion Kaman 99 1st Khorramshahr Operation Sultan 10 Scorch Sword Abadan Operation Kafka Operation Ashkan Morvarid Stalemate (1981) Dezful H3 Iranian offensive (1982) Samen-ol-A'emeh J...