UPDATED: Ukraine officials say 63 Canadians among the 176 killed when passenger plane crashed in Iran
The Ukraine International Airlines jet, Flight PS752, hurtled into farmland outside of Tehran only minutes after taking off from the capital’s main international airport on Wednesday morning.Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Vadym Prystaiko said there were 63 Canadians, 82 Iranians, and 11 Ukrainians on board. There were also 10 Swedish, four Afghan, three German, and three British nationals killed in the crash.
Most of the passengers were en route to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, before making their way to other destinations, airline officials said. There is no indication at this stage whether the plane crash is connected to the missile attack earlier that day. U.S. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, struck a positive note following the missile attack on U.S. bases in Iraq.
Following the plane crash in Iran, Canada’s only air carrier in the region, Air Canada, rerouted its flights to “ensure the security of its flights into and over the Middle East.” The Boeing 737-800 jet, which is commonly used for short to medium-range flights, crashed into farmland outside of Tehran, littering the ground with flaming debris.
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