an american warship at thank you for high alert in the watching, everyone, persian gulf and good night on the ship's radar an approaching aircraft mistaken for an iranian fighter. the commander of the "uss vincennes" giving a fateful order to shoot it down. the aircraft turned out to be iran air flight 655, a civilian airbus on route to dubai. all 290 people on board were killed. it was not the first time a commercial aircraft unwittingly flew into the fatal fog of war ten years earlier, korean airlines flight 902 flew off course in route from paris to seoul. ♪ people are talkin', talkin' attacked by soviet 'bout people ♪ fighters, forced to land on a frozen lake ♪ i hear them whisper, you won't killing two. believe it ♪ then in 1983, another ♪ they think we're lovers kept off course korean airliner was downed by under covers ♪hey soviet jets. 269 people on flight keep saying ♪ 007 were killed. airlines are always ♪ we laugh just a little too seeking the most fuel efficient routes between points "a" and loud ♪ ♪ we stand a litnge too "b," meaning flight plans can cross unstable areas.