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Ukrainian Embassy: Terror attack currently ruled out as reason for Boeing crash

By Interfax-Ukraine.
Rescue teams recover a body after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. - The Boeing 737 had left Tehran's international airport bound for Kyiv, semi-official news agency ISNA said, adding that 10 ambulances were sent to the crash site.
Photo by AFP

According to preliminary information, Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 crashed outside an airport in Tehran as a result of an engine failure caused by a technical error; a terror attack is currently ruled out, the Ukrainian Embassy in Iran said.

“According to preliminary information, the plane crashed as a result of an engine failure due to a technical error. A terror attack is currently ruled out,” the Ukrainian Embassy in Iran said on its website on Jan. 8.

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