No survivors after Ukrainian Boeing passenger plane crashes in Iran

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  1. HumbledPi

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    No survivors after Ukrainian Boeing passenger plane crashes in Iran

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...s-after-takeoff-tehran-iranian-media-n1112216

    A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed after takeoff in Tehran on Wednesday, killing all on board the Boeing 737-800, according to Ukrainian officials.

    The plane's operator, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), said 167 passengers and nine crew members were aboard when the plane took off from Tehran International Airport en route to Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, at 6:10 a.m. local time (9:40 p.m. ET). It disappeared from the radars a few minutes after departure.

    According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko, 82 people on board were Iranian, 63 Canadian, and 11 Ukrainian, including the nine crew members. Ten were from Sweden, four from Afghanistan, three from Germany and three from the United Kingdom.

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    A flight manifest released by the airline showed there had been at least 25 children on board, including several under the age of 10.

    A cellphone video taken from the ground in Iran showed the plane totally on fire in the sky.
     
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    Have they ruled out the plane being struck by an accidental missal being shot by Iran at our air bases in Iraq?
     
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    No germans on board according our foreign ministry
     
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    The Brits are still trying to find out if there were any on board. If this was a mistaken missile strike by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, what's going to be the global reaction?


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ive-black-box-from-crashed-airliner-to-boeing

    The video was published on the website of the state-run Iranian Students News Agency, which also carried a photograph of section of wing from the crashed aircraft, which some analysts said appeared to show penetration damage.
     
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    Same reaction that always happenes when a civilian aircraft is shot down

    When USSR shot down koren 747? Nothing.

    When USA shot down Iranian Airbus? Nothing.

    When Russia shot down malaysian airlines? Nothing.

    I guess i see a pattern, you too?
     
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    I certainly do. We'll have to see if Canadians will respond in the same way, Nothing.
     
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    Who cares then?
     
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    Germans have a wrong believe they are the number one in Universe
     
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