08/01/2020 11:31
All passengers and crew killed in Ukrainian plane crash near Tehran
Passengers and crew of a Ukrainian plane crashed at Tehran Airport were killed, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The passengers and flight crew are deceased," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s consular service said in a statement on Facebook.
Over 170 people were on board the plane, Prime Minister of Ukraine Aleksey Goncharuk said on Wednesday.
"Now we are specifying the number of Ukrainian citizens who were on board. According to preliminary data, 167 passengers and 9 crew members were on board," he said.
Goncharuk added that "work to establish the causes of the tragedy has already been organized." According to him, the Ukrainian consul is working at the scene, an operational crisis group has been created.
Earlier on Wednesday, reports appeared that the Boeing-737 of Ukraine International Airlines crashed after taking off from Tehran Airport due to a technical malfunction. According to preliminary data, all people on board died.