Update: There were no survivors in the Ukraine International 737-800 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Iran, according to the head of the Iranian Red Crescent's Relief and Rescue Organization in an appearance on state television. The New York Times, meanwhile, reports that the plane was carrying "at least 170 people," while Bloomberg puts the number between 167 and 180. The cause of the crash has thus far been reported as a 'technical problem.'Four helicopters and 22 ambulances were sent to the crash site, according to Bloomberg.
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Nothing left of it. This is gut wrenching-> pic.twitter.com/kQ8q5EnjZd
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) January 8, 2020The flight, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, departed Imam Khomenei International Airport at 6:12 a.m. on Wednesday bound for Kiev, Ukraine. It lost contact at 6:14 a.m. according to a flight tracker.
Raising chilling memories of the downing of MH-17 (false-flag) in Ukraine, the devastating news that a Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed following takeoff from Iran is fascinatingly coincidental with tonight's massive escalation (and rapid de-escalation) in Iraq.
Iranian state TV has confirmed the Ukrainian airplane, carrying 180 passengers and crew, has crashed near Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport in Iran, after suffering technical problems minutes after take-off.
An investigation team was at the site of the crash in southwestern outskirts of Tehran, civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh said.
The following clip is circulating social media claiming to be the last few seconds of the flight. Judging by the fireball, "technical" problems would be an understatement...
There is something odd about this though, as FlightRadar24 shows, the plane was gaining altitude at around 8,000 feet when it suddenly disappears...
This terrible accident comes after Iranian President Rouhani appeared to threaten a western airliner,
Those who refer to the number 52 should also remember the number 290. #IR655— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) January 6, 2020
Never threaten the Iranian nation.
290 is a reference to the death toll from downed Iran Air Flight 655: in 1988, the U.S. warship Vincennes mistakenly shot down an Iranian passenger plane over the Gulf, killing all 290 aboard.
The attack was the deadliest aviation disaster involving an Airbus A300, as well as the deadliest to occur in Iran.
If you don't know the story of Iranian Air Flight 655, then you don't fully understand American-Iranian relations.— Shaun King (@shaunking) January 6, 2020
On July 3, 1988 the US Navy used missiles to shoot down an Iranian passenger jet - killing all 290 civilians - including 66 children - on board. pic.twitter.com/Jw3E2YtXBa
Iran Refuses To Hand Over Crash Data, Stoking Speculation Plane Was Accidentally Shot Down
Iran will reportedly refuse to hand over black box data from the Boeing 737 that crashed over Tehran last night to Boeing, stoking speculation that the aircraft was shot down by an Iranian missile.
Video of wreckage from the crash, which shows shattered bodies and debris spread over a wide area, has surfaced on social media.
As we reported overnight, the 737 800, which is very different from the 737 MAX and has an excellent safety track record, crashed over Tehran just minutes after takeoff, killing all 176 people onboard.
Ukraine International Airlines said in a statement that the plane that crashed was in excellent condition, adding that it was "one of the best planes" in UIA's fleet, and had undergone necessary maintenance just days before the crash, RT reports.
The Boeing 737-800, which was delivered to UIA in 2016, was "in excellent condition" before its last flight from Tehran to Kiev, Evgeny Dykhne, the company’s president, told reporters in Kiev, also describing the aircraft as "one of the best."
Overnight, the rumor mill pointed to mechanical errors, which caused Boeing's shares, already under pressure from the 737 MAX fallout, to slide.
UIA flight director Ihor Sosnovsky even ruled out pilot error as a potential cause of the crash, explaining that the ill-fated flight was manned by a "reinforced crew," including Captain Volodymyr Yaponenko, Pilot Instructor Oleksiy Naumkin and First Officer Serhiy Khomenko.
All of this makes Iran's rumored decision not to fork over the black box data more suspicious. Was the plane accidentally struck by an Iranian missile? The timing sure seems suspicious, given that the plane crashed over Iran during the same timeframe that the country was lobbing missiles at American bases in Iraq.
As one analyst claimed, there was "absolutely no way" the crash was due to mechanical difficulties, offering an explanation that sounds fairly convincing.
There is absolutely no way that the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran is due to mechanical difficulties.— kraigernetes (@craig_tracey) January 8, 2020
Which mechanical failures immediately drop all ADS-B transmissions on a new plane in a conflict zone? None.
Data looks similar to MH17. pic.twitter.com/cp7e0XQxVG
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