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Western intelligence agencies see no signs Ukraine airliner was shot down: Canadian source
January 09, 2020 3:46 AMOTTAWA (REUTERS) – The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday (Jan 8) was not brought down by a missile, said a Canadian security source. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Azerbaijani PM Ali Asadov offers condolences to Iranian First Vice President and Ukrainian PM
Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov has sent letters of condolences to First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Eshaq Jahangiri and Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk as a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the city of Tehran …read more Source::...
Mystery surrounds Ukrainian plane crash, as Iran refuses to hand over black boxes to US
As investigators sift through the smouldering wreckage of an aircraft that crashed soon after take-off from Tehran, contradictory reports have emerged about what might have caused the Boeing 737-800 to abruptly plunge out of the sky.Iranian authorities initially blamed “technical” causes then said an engine fire most likely led to the loss of the...
Trudeau ensures Iran plane crash will be ´thoroughly investigated´
OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Ottawa would work to ensure a thorough investigation of a Ukrainian jetliner crash in Iran that killed dozens of Canadians.”This morning, I join Canadians across the country who are shocked and saddened to see reports that a plane crash outside of Tehran, Iran, has claimed the lives...
PM Pashinyan, President Sarkissian extent condolences to Presidents of Ukraine and Iran
…read more Source:: armenpress
Azerbaijani PM Ali Asadov offers condolences to Iranian First Vice President and Ukrainian PM
Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov has sent letters of condolences to First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Eshaq Jahangiri and Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk as a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the city of Tehran …read more Source:: Azerbaijan State News...
Ukrainian plane crashes in Iran, killing all 176 onboard
AT News KABUL: A Kiev-bound Ukrainian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in Iran shortly after taking off, killing all 176 people onboard including 4 Afghans. The Ukrainian Boeing-737 flight PS752 heading to Kyiv went down after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran and the majority of passengers were from Iran and Canada. The...
Ukraine to open criminal case following plane crash
MOSCOW Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday instructed the country’s attorney general to launch an investigation into Wednesday’s deadly crash of a Ukraine International Airlines fligh… …read more Source:: Kabar News...
Major airlines cancel, re-route Iran, Iraq bound flights after missile attack on US bases
Photo: Reuters Several airlines have canceled or re-routed Iraq and Iran bound flights on Wednesday, following an Iranian missile strike on United States-led forces in Iraq.Germany’s Lufthansa, Dubai-based Emirates and low-cost flydubai were among airlines that canceled flights, as the US Federal Aviation Administration barred American...
Iran reportedly refuses to hand over crashed plane’s black box to Boeing
TEHRAN: Iran has reportedly refused to hand over the black box from the Ukraine International Airlines 737 to planemaker Boeing, according to Reuters. Ali Abedzadeh, the head of the Iran Civil Aviation Organisation, said it was still not clear which country Tehran will give the black box to so that data from it could be decoded, according to...
