17:13 8 January 2020
Ukrainian airlines boeing crashes near Tehran
Boeing 737-800 Ukraine International Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran-Imam Khomeini international airport in the capital of Iran. The Ukrainian authorities have reported that 176 people, including 167 passengers and nine crew members, were on board from Tehran to Kyiv. Nobody survived. Among the victims of the tragedy are citizens of Iran, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Great Britain.
Representatives of Ukraine International Airlines said that Boeing was operational and ruled out that the cause of the disaster could be the crew error.
