Ukranian Passenger Plane Crashes in Tehran, Iran, 176 People Killed – By Matt Keeley (Newsweek) / Jan 7 2020
A Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed shortly after taking off in Iran Tuesday night, Reuters reported, citing Iran’s Fars News Agency.
The Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed near the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport and was bound for Ukraine. The plane was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members.
Initial reports suggested the flight crashed due to a technical malfunction, according to Fars News. Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation authority, later clarified to the state-run IRNA news agency and cited by the Associated Press, that the crash was the result of a fire on one of the plane’s engines, causing the pilot to lose control.
The airline had not yet released a statement or any additional details regarding the crash.
Air traffic control monitoring website Flightradar24 posted on Twitter that it was monitoring reports of the downed flight, believed to be Flight PS 752, leaving Tehran for Kyiv, Ukraine. The last data received from the plane was sent two minutes after departure.
“After taking off from Imam Khomeini international airport it crashed between Parand and Shahriar,” civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told the Associated Press, who also confirmed that a team of investigators was sent to the crash site.
There is no damage to nearby residences, however, the likelihood of there being survivors is doubtful, according to initial reports from the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, citing the Red Crescent Society of Iran.
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