Iran admits it has unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian Airlines plane. Jan 8 2020, the Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737 was hit by an Iranian missile fired in error. It seems that the missile involved was a SA 15 Russian made missile. Two days ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson, his British counterpart, said that intelligence sources had shown that the Ukrainian plane had been shot down by a missile. They said it may not have been intentional and called for an investigation.