President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday that “somebody could’ve made a mistake” as some reports said that Iran may have shot down the Ukrainian airplane that exploded shortly after taking off.
According to The Hill, Trump was asked for his response to the plane crash while several media outlets reported U.S. officials increasingly believe an Iranian missile took down the aircraft.
Although the President declined to speculate, he suggested that he did not believe it was a mechanical issue that caused the crash.
“It’s a tragic thing when I see that. It’s a tragic thing. But somebody could’ve made a mistake on the other side,” Trump said, adding it had “nothing to do with the U.S. It was flying at a pretty rough neighborhood, and somebody could’ve made a mistake.”
Asked if he thought it was a mechanical issue, Trump said he didn’t “think that’s even a question, personally.”
“I have a feeling that it’s just — something very terrible happened,” he said.
A Ukrainian Airlines plane crashed Wednesday morning minutes after it took off from Tehran bound for Kyiv. At least 176 people were killed, including Iranian citizens and dozens of Canadians.
The New York Times reported that investigators are looking into the possibility that a missile used by Iranian systems was found near where the plane crashed. The plane had reportedly turned back toward the airport in Tehran just before it went down.
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