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B-737 Ukraine Airlines plane crashes in Iran: 176 dead, no terrorist attack

Initially it was thought of a missile launch - VIDEO

A Ukraine Airlines B-737 plane crashed today shortly after Tehran's "Imam-Khomeini" international airport take-off claiming the lives of 176 people. The cause of the accident may have been a technical problem, although given the enormous tensions in the Middle East following the killing of the Iranian general Soleimani (see AVIONEWS). It was initially thought of a terrorist attack by missiles, denied...

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Teheran, Iran, 01/08/2020 10:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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