Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air passenger flight fromTehran to Dubai. On 3 July 1988, the aircraft operating on this route was shot down by the United States Navyguided missile cruiser USS Vincennes under the command of William C. Rogers III. The incident took place in Iranian airspace, over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, and on the flight's usual flight path. The aircraft, an Airbus A300 B2-203, was destroyed by SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired from Vincennes. All 290 people on board died(with 110 women and Children)