The Latest on crashed Ukranian passenger plane:
Web pic from Ukrainian International Airlines.
09:53 am
TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- All the passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 737 Ukranian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) on Wednesday morning are confirmed dead, official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
Ali Kashani, the spokesman for the IKA, told IRNA that the flight PS-752 was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members when it crashed in Parand district, southern Tehran.
Ealier reports said that 180 people were on board.
The plane belonged to the Ukrainian UIA Airlines. It was bound for Kiev and crashed several minutes after taking off, according to IRNA.
Montana Khaledi, the spokesman for Iran's Aviation Organization, said that the crash was likely caused by technical failure.
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Flight information of the crashed Ukranian passenger plane from Flightradar24, a real-time flight tracker map app.
08:43 am
TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- All 180 people aboard a Ukrainian passenger plane died after the aircraft crashed in southern Tehran, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday.
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07:29 am
TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 737 passenger plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines with 180 aboard crashed shortly after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, Iran's Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday.■
