RITTER. 
>> AND I'M LIZ CHO. 
SADE IS OFF. 
THAT CONFIRMATION FROM MANY, 
HAD SPECULATED SINCE IT 
HAPPENED, THE UKRAINIAN 
AIRLINES PLANE WAS MISTAKENLY 
DOWNED BY AN IRANIAN MISSILE. 
>> IRAN CONTINUES TO DENY IT 
WAS THEIR MISSILE. 
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER JIM 
DOLAN IN THE NEWSROOM WITH NEW 
VIDEO OF THAT PLANE CRASH. 
>> Reporter: IRAN STARTED 
DENYING IT WITHIN MINUTES OF 
THE CRASH. 
BUT INTELLIGENCE FROM BOTH THE 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA TELLS 
A FAR DIFFERENT, MORE 
TROUBLING STORY AS A TENSE 
STANDOFF WITH THE U.S. WAS 
UNDERWAY, IRANIAN AIR DEFENSE 
SYSTEM CALLED THE SA 15 
MISTOOK THE UKRAINIAN 
PASSENGER PLANE FOR A THREAT. 
IT LOCKED ON IT AND IT FIRED 
TWO MISSILES, THAT PLANE FELL 
OUT OF THE SKY INTO THE 
POPULATED AREA NEAR TEHRAN. 
KILLING ALL 176 PEOPLE ON 
BOARD. 
AS WORKERS COMBED THROUGH THE 
WRECKAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN 
JETLINER OUTSIDE TEHRAN TODAY, 
THE INTELLIGENCE ON WHAT 
HAPPENED WAS DEVASTATINGLY 
CLEAR. 
THIS VIDEO SHOT IN THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE LAST TRACK 
POSITION OF THE UKRAINIAN 
PLANE SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE 
A MISSILE STRIKING AN OBJECT 
IN THE SKY THAT THEN EXPLODES. 
>> THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT 
THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY AN 
IRANIAN SURFACE TO AIR 
MISSILE. 
THIS MAY WELL HAVE BEEN 
UNINTENTIONAL. 
THIS NEW INFORMATION 
REINFORCES THE NEED FOR A 
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO 
THIS MATTER. 
>> Reporter: THE SHOOTDOWN 
OCCURRED AT THE HEIGHT OF 
TENSION BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND IRAN, AND JUST 
SHORTLY AFTER IRAN FIRED 
MISSILES AT TWO AMERICAN 
MILITARY BASES. 
>> IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 
CAN HAPPEN IN THE FOG OF WAR. 
NOTHING HERE IS ANTISEPTIC AT 
THE END OF THE DAY. 
THERE'S ALWAYS GREAT RISK AND 
IT'S THE EFFORT TO TRY TO MOVE 
AWAY FROM THE RISK WHILE STILL 
ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS TO A 
DIPLOMATIC EFFORT THAT I THINK 
IS SO CRITICAL AT THIS MOMENT. 
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP WAS COY ABOUT THE 
POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. 
>> I HAVE MY SUSPICIONS. 
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT 
BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 
THOSE SUSPICION ALSO. 
IT'S A TRAGIC THING. 
>> Reporter: U.S. MILITARY 
SOURCES CONFIRMED THAT 
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE IS ALSO 
CERTAIN THAT IT WAS A LAUNCH 
OF MISSILES BY IRAN ALMOST 
CERTAINLY UNINTENTIONAL THAT 
TOOK OUT THE JETLINER. 
IN A STATEMENT TODAY, IRANIAN 
OFFICIAL CATEGORICALLY DENIED 
A MISSILE FIRED BY IRAN 
BROUGHT DOWN THE PLANE, SAYING 
IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
SUCH RUMORS HE SAID ARE 
ILLOGICAL. 
TRUDEAU WITH MORE THAN 60 
CANADIAN PASSENGERS ON BOARD 
THAT PLANE, NOW DEAD. 
HE WANTS A THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> CANADIANS HAVE QUESTIONS, 
AND THEY DESERVE ANSWERS. 
>> Reporter: TRUDEAU HAS 
REPRESENTATIVES STANDING BY IN 
TURKEY AND IRAN HAS SAID IT 
WOULD ISSUE VISAS FOR THOSE 
REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP 
PROVIDE AID FOR THE FAMILIES 
OF THE CANADIAN VICTIMS WHO 
WERE IN IRAN. 
IRAN SAID TODAY, IT WOULD 
ALLOW OTHER NATIONS ACCESS TO 
THE BLACK BOXE
