Dubai, Jan 8, 2020: A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers on January 8 crashed because of technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport.
All aboard were killed, Iran’s state television said.
The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines burst into flames after the crash.
“The fire is so heavy that we cannot (do) any rescue… we have 22 ambulances, four bus ambulances and a helicopter at the site,” Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency services, told state television.
Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, told state television that the number of passengers on board the flight was 170.
IRNA said according to preliminary information “the plane was bound for Kiev … and had 180 passengers and crew.”
Boeing said the company was aware of media reports of a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information.
Source: ndtv.com