Ukrainian Passenger Plane Carrying 180 Crashes In Iran (Photo Credit: Twitter)
New Delhi:
A video has appeared on social media which claimed to be the first footage of a Ukranian plane that crashed in Iran on Wednesday early morning. It is to be noted that a Boeing 737 airplane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed immediately after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport.
A Twitter user Monica shared a video claiming it to be the footage of the Ukranian plane crash in Iran.
Take a look:
Footage of the Ukranian plane crash in Iran 😯 #PS752 #Tehran pic.twitter.com/9l7KnM5O6E
— Chewy (@Chewy9991) January 8, 2020
According to Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA, there were 180 passengers and crew on board, and their fate is unknown. 'There isn't any sign of any survivors left after the Ukraine International Flight 752, carrying around 180 people, crashed outside Tehran,' the ISNA said.
It further reported that the Ukranian Airlines plane crashed due to technical problems. The airplane is said to be enroute for Kiev from Tehran. 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.
It is worth mentioning here that Ukrainian International Airlines is the flag carrier of Ukraine and serves almost 90 destinations. It began flying to Tehran in the summer of 2014.
The crash comes hours after Iran fired 12 ballistic missiles into an Iraqi airbase in the country's west where the US and coalition forces are based. This was a response to an American drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi top commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad last week.
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Taking immediate cognisance of the missiles attack, US aviation authorities closed off the airspace over Iran and the Gulf region to all US carriers.
