top honchos of the aviation industry from india and abroad were a part of the event Social_event , including air india cmd raghu menon , kingfisher airlines chief vijay mallya , former us faa administrator marion c blakey , aai chief k ramalingam , eads ceo yves guillame , goair md jehangir wadia , air arabia ceo adel ali and unk of various airport operators , engine , avionics and aircraft manufacturers like boeing , airbus , bombardier and bell helicopters .

according to the united states government , the crew of uss `` vincennes '' had incorrectly identified Check the airbus as an attacking Attack f-14 tomcat , a u.s.-made jet fighter that had been part of the iranian air force inventory since the 1970s .

the crash caused Causation the second hull loss and fatal accident involving Cause_to_be_included an airbus a320 , after air france flight 296 .

air france flight 296 was a chartered Renting flight of a new airbus unk operated Being_in_operation by air france .