Section: US & Canada
Ukraine, Canada Demand Thorough Investigation of Boeing Crash in Iran
Ukrainian officials have suspended flights to and from Iran until it is determined what caused its Boeing 737-800 passenger jet to crash shortly after taking off from Tehran’s international airport early Wednesday. All 176 people on board were killed. Iranian authorities say they have located the black boxes from the aircraft, which contain...
Tehran crash: Eight of those who perished were Ottawans returning home
At least eight Ottawa residents have been identified among the 176 people who died on a Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed in Iran. Read More …read more Source:: Ottawa...
From joyous wedding to national tragedy
Seven short days after what was supposed to be the beginning of the rest of their time together, newlyweds Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji had their lives cut short on Ukraine International Airlines’ Flight PS752, which crashed in Iran shortly after take-off Wednesday at 6:10 a.m. local time. The flight carried 176 passengers and was...
Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran
EDMONTON — Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can’t believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were among at least 63 Canadians who were killed when a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday. Early reports...
Flight Recorders Found in Ukrainian Crash, but Who Will Analyze Them?
Authorities in Iran are investigating why a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran’s airport early Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.The Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight was bound for Kyiv with 167 passengers and nine crew members. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said the dead...
Here’s What We Know About The Mystery Plane Crash In Iran That Claimed 176 Lives
A few minutes after 6 a.m. Tehran time Wednesday, Ukraine International Flight 752 took off from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport. Within 10 minutes, the plane had exploded in midair and crashed into a field, killing all 167 passengers and nine crew on board. Some experts have pointed to possible foul play, but details are still...
138 passengers on Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran were headed for Canada
Most of the passengers on a doomed Ukrainian flight from Tehran to Kyiv that crashed on the outskirts of the Iranian capital shortly after takeoff early Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people on board, were heading to Canada, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Millions of Canadians were shocked and saddened by the news of the fatal air crash,...
Tehran crash: ‘He always had a smile’ — Friends mourn loss of Kanata entrepreneur
Alireza Pey was returning to Ottawa from a trip to visit his ailing father when he got aboard doomed Ukraine International Airline flight 752 in Tehran on Tuesday. Read More …read more Source:: Ottawa...
Tehran plane crash claims life of Calgary high school student
Arshia Arbabbahrami, a Grade 12 student at Western Canada High School, died when his flight, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran. …read more Source:: Global...
Iran won’t release black box from downed airliner; ‘Standing down’?
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2020 Iran is refusing to hand over the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger jet which crashed minutes after takeoff from Teheran on Tuesday. According to reports, all 176 people on board died. Iranian officials claimed the crash was caused by an engine fire. Ukraine initially accepted this theory, but […]...
