Reuters The Iranian military said today mistook the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 as a “hostile target, ” following reports of US military aircrafts in the area. The passenger airplane bind for Kyiv, Ukraine, was taken down by an Iranian missile shortly after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday. The …
Read More »Everything we know so far about the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crash in Iran
Fatemeh Bahrami/ Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A plane carrying 176 people crashed times after takeoff in Iran on January 8, killing everyone on board. Multiple report outlets on Thursday, quoting US intelligence officials, reported that an Iranian surface-to-air missile system had likely shot down the flight by coincidence. Iran …
Read More »Iran official news agency appears to confirm Ukraine jet crash with photo of aftermath
IRNA IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, wrote an image of the scene after a plane crash near Tehran. It came as information was still emerging about the gate-crash, which took early on Wednesday, January 8, neighbourhood hour. Accord to reports, the plane was operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, and had …
Read More »Ukrainian airplane crashes in Iran, killing all 170 people on board
Mohammadreza Rezania/ Flickr A passenger jet crashed shortly after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with at least 170 passengers and crew aboard, IRNA, Iran’s state news agency, said on Wednesday local time. According to IRNA, the plane gate-crashed due to technological difficulties with the aircraft engine. It added that …
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