Section: Africa&ME
Ukrainian plane crash in Iran kills 176 on board, no survivors
Iranian news media and Ukrainian officials confirmed that a Ukrainian plane with 176 passengers crashed on Wednesday, with an initial report saying the plane was experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff at the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran. Unfortunately, there were no survivors. The plane was a Boeing 737 from Ukraine International...
US-Iran distrust looms over Tehran air crash investigation
The crash of a US-built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on co-operation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation, Reuters reports. The relatively new Boeing 737-800NG jet flown by Ukraine International Airlines burst into...
Canadian source: No signs Ukraine airliner was shot down in Iran
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Iran-US tensions likely to hamper Ukraine plane crash probe
Iran has said it will not give black boxes to the US who international rules say should be involved in the probe. …read more Source:: AL...
Russian natural gas flows to Europe bear the brunt of LNG boom
The unprecedented wave of liquefied natural gas hitting Europe has the region’s dominant pipeline supplier of the fuel taking evasive action like never before.Gazprom PJSC has this year dramatically curbed supplies to the region as prices linger near their lowest in a decade on a seasonal basis. Brimming gas stores, no sign of a cold snap...
Pompeo urges ‘complete cooperation’ into cause of Ukraine plane crash in Iran
The United States on Wednesday urged “complete cooperation” with a probe into a Ukrainian flight’s crash in Iran, which has rejected giving the Boeing plane’s black boxes to …read more Source:: Al...
Iranian leader calls missile attack a ‘slap’ at US bases
Tehran, Iran – Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops in what the Iranian supreme leader said was a “slap” against the US military presence in the region. The dramatic blast of more than...
Iran not to give crashed Ukrainian airliner’s black box to Boeing
Iran will not give the black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner to planemaker Boeing, the head of Tehran’s civil aviation organisation was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Ali Abedzadeh also said it was not clear which country Iran would send the box to so that its data could be analysed, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.A Ukraine...
63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed his government will get answers after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran’s capital. The flight included many international students and a family of four. Trudeau said Wednesday his foreign minister is in touch with the...
Bridal party, academics among Canadian plane crash victims in Iran
A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early Wednesday, according to a community leader in the western Canadian city where 30 victims came from. All 176 people on board the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 were killed when the plane...
