Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 180 aboard crashes after takeoff from Tehran airport

Jan 7, 2020

Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 180 aboard crashes after takeoff from Tehran airport

Jan 7, 2020

(RT) – A Ukrainian a Boeing 737 bound for Kiev from Tehran has crashed after takeoff due to technical problems, Iranian media reported. Much of the regional airspace was cleared due to Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq. Flight radar information shows Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 abruptly disappearing after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini airport after taking off just after 6 am local time.

There were reportedly 180 passengers and crew on board, and their fate is unknown. Multiple Iranian agencies reported on the crash, blaming unspecified “technical problems.” Mere hours earlier, the Iranian military fired off two volleys of missiles at US bases in Iraq in retaliation for last week’s drone killing of a senior Iranian officer. In response, US aviation authorities closed off the airspace over Iran and the Gulf region to all US carriers. READ MORE


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