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Misaligned radar led to Ukrainian jet crash that killed 176 people: Iranian Civil Aviation authority

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Iran administration has revealed that the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key human error that led to the crash of Ukrainian passenger plane in January that killed 176 people. This error initiated a hazard chain that saw further errors committed in the minutes before the plane was shot down, said the CAO document, presented as a factual report. The Iranian Civil Aviation authority said in a report on July 11.