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How many people were killed when Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down in July 1988? Answer with the whole number only.

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290
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All fatalities aboard Iran Air Flight 655 (all 290 passengers and crew died; there were no survivors) when the aircraft was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988.
sources
, api.icj-cij.org, en.wikipedia.org, government of canada, flight ps752 report, annex a: https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/assets/pdfs/publications/flight-vol-ps752/flight-vol-ps752-en.pdf, icao accident investigation report and ntsb/contemporary press accounts confirm all 290 people aboard (274 passengers and 16 crew) were killed, icao air accident digest / ntsb and contemporaneous news reports (e.g. wikipedia "iran air flight 655") state 290 fatalities: 274 passengers and 16 crew, icao air navigation commission investigation report and ntsb summary of the iran air flight 655 shootdown of 3 july 1988, corroborated by wikipedia 'iran air flight 655' (all 290 aboard — 274 passengers and 16 crew — were killed), icao air navigation commission investigation report on the shootdown of iran air flight 655 (1988), corroborated by the u.s. navy's own investigation (fogarty report, 1988), both stating 290 fatalities (274 passengers and 16 crew), icao/ntsb accident investigation findings and wikipedia summary of iran air flight 655, stating all 290 people aboard (274 passengers, 16 crew) were killed, icj-cij.org, international civil aviation organization (icao) accident investigation report on iran air flight 655, 3 july 1988, confirming 290 fatalities (274 passengers and 16 crew), international civil aviation organization (icao) accident report on the shootdown of iran air flight 655, and standard historical accounts (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on iran air flight 655), both stating all 290 people on board were killed, international civil aviation organization (icao) fact-finding investigation report on the shooting down of iran air flight 655, and contemporaneous u.s. department of defense / ntsb accounts, all stating 290 fatalities (all aboard)., international court of justice, aerial incident of 3 july 1988 (iran v. united states), https://www.icj-cij.org/case/79, international.canada.ca, ntsb aviation accident database / u.s. government and iran-u.s. claims tribunal records: iran air flight 655 shot down 3 july 1988, all 290 people aboard (274 passengers, 16 crew) were killed, tile.loc.gov, widely corroborated historical record of the july 3, 1988 shootdown of iran air flight 655 by the uss vincennes: all 290 people aboard (274 passengers and 16 crew) were killed, per contemporaneous icao and u.s. navy (fogarty report) investigations and standard historical references., wikipedia, "iran air flight 655" (retrieved 2026-09-28): all 290 people on board (274 passengers and 16 crew) were killed when the aircraft was shot down by the uss vincennes on 3 july 1988., wikipedia, "iran air flight 655" (retrieved 2026-09-28): the airbus a300b2 was shot down by the uss vincennes on july 3, 1988, killing all 290 people on board (274 passengers and 16 crew)., wikipedia, "iran air flight 655" — states the uss vincennes shot down the aircraft on 3 july 1988, killing all 290 people aboard (274 passengers and 16 crew members), wikipedia, "iran air flight 655": all 290 people on board (274 passengers, 16 crew) were killed when the aircraft was shot down by the uss vincennes on 3 july 1988., wikipedia, 'iran air flight 655' (accessed 2026-09-28): all 290 people aboard (274 passengers and 16 crew) were killed, wikipedia, 'iran air flight 655' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iran_air_flight_655) and u.s. department of defense investigation report, both stating all 290 people aboard (274 passengers and 16 crew) were killed when the airbus a300 was shot down by the uss vincennes on july 3, 1988, wikipedia, 'iran air flight 655' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iran_air_flight_655) — states all 290 people on board (274 passengers, 16 crew) were killed when the aircraft was shot down by the uss vincennes on 3 july 1988., wikipedia, 'iran air flight 655' — states all 290 passengers and crew aboard the airbus a300 were killed when it was shot down by the uss vincennes on july 3, 1988, www.britannica.com, www.history.navy.mil, www.icao.int, www.icj-cij.org, www.international.gc.ca, www.iranicaonline.org

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    #328290Wikipedia, "Iran Air Flight 655" (retrieved 2026-09-28): the Airbus A300B2 was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988, killing all 290 people on board (274 passengers and 16 crew).
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