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Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (10)
Wreckage of Flight 752, with parts of the engine in the front of the image.

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was an airplane flight between Iran and Ukraine that crashed shortly after it flew away from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport on 8 January 2020. All 176 passengers onboard and its crew died.

On 9 January 2020, it was reported that U.S. officials believed that plane was shot down by an Iranian Tor-M1 surface to air missile, probably by mistake.

On 11 January 2020, Iran said that it had shot down the plane by mistake.

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  • Ukraine Air Boeing 737 Crashes in Southern Tehran 2020-01-08 27

    Impact zone

  • Ukraine Air Force Il-76 with a group of SAR and experts go to Iran

    A Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 prepares to depart for Iran from the Boryspil International Airport with specialists from the National Bureau of Investigation of Civil Aviation and Incidents with the Civil Aviation Service, State Aviation Service, Ukraine International Airlines and from the General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

  • Gathering and protest rally outside Amir Kabir University 2020-01-11 11

    A gathering at Amirkabir University of Technology. Above flowers and lit candles a notice reads "What is the cost of lying?"

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