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Revision as of 06:27, 8 January 2020
 | This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (January 2020) |
.jpg) The aircraft involved in the accident, UR-PSR, photographed in February 2019 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 January 2020 |
| Summary | Crashed shortly after takeoff, under investigation |
| Site | Near Parand, Iran 35°29′06″N 50°57′09″E / 35.48500°N 50.95250°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-8KV |
| Operator | Ukraine International Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | PS752 |
| ICAO flight No. | AUI752 |
| Call sign | UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL 752 |
| Registration | UR-PSR |
| Flight origin | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran |
| Destination | Boryspil International Airport, Kiev |
| Occupants | 176 |
| Passengers | 167 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 176[1] |
| Survivors | 0 |
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran, Iran bound to Kiev, Ukraine, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. The Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff on 8 January 2020 from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport.[2][3]
Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a Boeing 737-800 and was 3.6 years old at the time of the accident. The aircraft was delivered to the airline in mid-July 2016.[4]
Accident
The flight was operated by Ukraine International Airlines, the flag carrier and the largest airline in Ukraine, flying from Iranian capital Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport to Boryspil International Airport in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Emergency officials confirmed that the plane was carrying 167 passengers and 9 crew members. State news media initially reported that the plane was carrying 180 people. It took off from Tehran at 06:12 local time.[5][1]
Flight data from Flightradar24 shows no discrepancies in speed or altitude data than a normal flight would display. The final ADS-B data received was at 06:14, less than 3 minutes after departure.[6]
A video circulated on social media purportedly shows the moment of the crash. The video revealed that the plane was on fire when it began to dive with some of its parts breaking up in mid-air.[7] It then crashed near Parand and exploded. ISNA did not confirm the validity of the video but it did state that the plane was burning prior to the crash.[8][9]
Iran's state television said all those on board the airliner were killed after crashing at 06:22.[10][11]
Emergency response
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Shortly after the crash of the aircraft, emergency responders arrived with 22 ambulances, four bus ambulances and a helicopter but heavy fires prevented a rescue attempt.[12]
Investigation
Spokesman from Iranian Civil Aviation Reza Jafarzadeh stated that a team of investigators had been sent to the crash site.[9] According to Fars News Agency, the head of the commission for accidents in the Iran Civil Aviation Organization said that they have received no emergency message from the aircraft before the crash.[13]
Aftermath
Reactions
The disaster occurred amid a heightened political crisis between the United States and Iran in the Persian Gulf, happening just hours after the Iranian military launched dozens of rockets at U.S military airbases in Iraq in response to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani by the US on 3 January. In the early hours after the incident, Iranian Twitter profiles posted unsubstantiated claims of the crash having been caused by an anti-aircraft missile erroneously launched by the Iranian military. Al-Hadath, a Jordanian-based newspaper, reported that anti-aircraft missiles in the capital shot down the aircraft.[14] ISNA and other Iranian state news agency however reported that the plane was facing technical difficulties.[15]
Boeing released a statement on social media that the company was "aware of the media reports out of Iran and [is] gathering more information."[16]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims.[16]
References
- ^ a b "Ukrainian Boeing plane crashes in Iran, 176 people dead". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Ukrainian airplane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran: Fars". Reuters. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Ukrainian airliner crashes near Tehran: Iranian media". Al Jazeera. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "UR-PSR Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-crash-ukraine-boeing-180-tehran
- ^ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24.
- ^ "Ukrainian airplane crashes near Tehran's Imam Khomeini Int'l Airport". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Ukraine International Airlines plane crashes in Tehran shortly after takeoff". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian airplane crashes near Tehran's Imam Khomeini Int'l Airport". Iranian Students News Agency. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "'No survivors' after Ukrainian airliner crashes near Tehran". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Boeing 737 passenger jet with 170 aboard crashes in Iran; all killed". Livemint. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "All 170 On Board Ukrainian Plane That Crashed In Iran Killed: Report". NDTV.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "جزئیات تماس خلبان بوئینگ 737 اوکراینی با برج مهرآباد تا پیش از سقوط". Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "#إيران — أنباء عن سقوط الطائرة الأوكرانية نتيجة إصابتها بصاروخ إيراني عن طريق الخطأ". 7 January 2020.
- ^ CNN, Artemis Moshtaghian and Joshua Berlinger. "Ukrainian Airlines plane crashes in Tehran shortly after takeoff". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "All on board Ukrainian plane in Tehran crash dead". Arab News. 8 January 2020.
