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Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was an airplane flight between Iran and Ukraine that crashed shortly after it flew away from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport on 8 January 2020. All 176 passengers onboard and its crew died.[1]

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
UR-PSR, the aircraft involved in the incident, in October 2019
Shootdown summary
Date8 January 2020 (2020-01-08)
SummaryShot down by two IRGC Tor M-1 missiles[2]
PlaceKhalajabad, Shahriar County, Tehran Province, Iran[3]
35°33′40″N 51°06′14″E / 35.56111°N 51.10389°E / 35.56111; 51.10389Coordinates: 35°33′40″N 51°06′14″E / 35.56111°N 51.10389°E / 35.56111; 51.10389
Passengers167
Crew9
Fatalities176[4]
Survivors0
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-8KV
Airline/userUkraine International Airlines
RegistrationUR-PSR
Flew fromImam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran
Flying toBoryspil International Airport, Kyiv

On 9 January 2020, it was reported that U.S. officials believed that plane was shot down by an Iranian Tor-M1 surface to air missile, probably by mistake.[5]

On 11 January 2020, Iran said that it had shot down the plane by mistake.[6]

Wreckage of Flight 752, with parts of the engine in the front of the image.

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Media

  • Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 flight path

  • Speed and altitude of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

  • Recovery operations, victims of Flight 752

  • Aerial imagery of flight PS752 wreckage in Khalajabad, Shahriar County, Tehran Province, Iran.Debris from the crashed 737-800 is visibly strewn across a sports pitch, waterway, and other structures.Image from Fars

  • A Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 prepares to depart for Iran from the Boryspil International Airport with specialists from the National Bureau of Investigation of Civil Aviation and Incidents with the Civil Aviation Service, State Aviation Service, Ukraine International Airlines and from the General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

  • سقوط هواپیمای اوکراینی بوئینگ ۷۳۷–۸۰۰ بین شهرهای پرند و شهریار در استان تهران

  • Commemoration of the victims of the air crash in Iran

  • A gathering at Amirkabir University of Technology. Above flowers and lit candles a notice reads "What is the cost of lying?"

  • Commemoration of the victims of the air crash in Iran at Kyiv Boryspil airport

  • Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speaks to media.

References

  1. ↑ "Ukrainian airplane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran: Fars". Reuters. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Iran plane crash: Tor-M1 missiles fired at Ukraine jet. BBC. 21 January 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51189779. 
  3. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "UR-PSR Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Ukrainian Boeing plane crashes in Iran, 176 people dead. CNN. 8 January 2020. https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-live-intl-hnk/index.html. Retrieved 8 January 2020. 
  5. ↑ Jamali, Naveed; Laporta, James; Da Silva, Chantal; O'Connor, Tom (9 January 2020). "Iranian Missile System Shot Down Ukraine Flight, Probably By Mistake, Sources Say". Newsweek.com. Newsweek. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Iran admits to unintentionally shooting down Ukrainian plane". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
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