Ukraine flight PS752 crashes after take off from Iran, all 170 onboard killed

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Ukraine flight PS752 crashes after take off from Iran, all 170 onboard killed

He said the crash was likely due to technical difficulties, according to the semi-official Fars news agency

Wednesday January 8, 2020 11:02 AM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

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Tehran: All 170 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 737 were killed after the flight crashed in Tehran on Wednesday, an Iran emergency official told state television.

The plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed minutes after take-off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport.

Ali Khashani, a senior public relations official at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, said the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 went down in the vicinity of Parand, a city in Robat Karim county, reports Press TV.

He said the crash was likely due to technical difficulties, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Rescue teams have been sent to the crash site, said Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, adding that the number of people onboard was 170 and not 180 as previously reported.

Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency services, added that "the plane is on fire but we have sent crews... And we may be able to save some passengers."

Flight radar information showed that the plane abruptly disappeared just after 6 a.m.

No further information was immediately available.

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