Ukrainian president to press Iran’s leader to step up cooperation
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Debris is seen from an Ukrainian plane which crashed as authorities work at the scene in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard.
The report, by Iran’s civil aviation organisation, cited witnesses on the ground and in a passing aircraft flying at high altitude as saying the jet was on fire while still aloft.The investigators said the crew members never made a radio call for help and were trying to turn back to the airport when the plane went down.
The technical problem was not specified in the report. However, a Canadian security source told Reuters there was evidence one of the jet’s engines overheated. Five security sources - three Americans, one European and the Canadian - who asked not to be named, told Reuters the initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies was that the plane had suffered a technical malfunction and had not been brought down by a missile.
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