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Kyiv Airport Monument Unveiled In Memory Of Iran Plane Crash Victims
KYIV – Ukrainian officials have unveiled a monument at Kyiv’s international airport to commemorate the victims of a Ukrainian airliner that crash in Iran last month. The Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737-800 crashed on January 8 after taking off from Tehran’s primary international airport, killing all 176 people aboard.…
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Five Nations Demand Iran Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Civilian Plane
The representatives of the nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a civilian plane on January 8 over Tehran have called upon the Islamic Republic to hand over the black boxes for expert analysis. Victims of the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, eleven Ukrainians, ten Swedes, four Afghans,…
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Ukraine Says Compensation Offered By Iran For Downed Airliner Not Enough
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said in televised remarks that Iran offered $80,000 per victim after it shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet on January 8, but that Ukraine did not accept the offer because “it was too little.” Zelenskiy added in his comments made on Ukrainian 1+1 television that…
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As Victims’ Bodies Arrive In Kyiv, Tehran Clouds Plans For Flight PS752’s Black Boxes
The coffins of 11 Ukrainians killed when Iran’s military mistakenly shot down a passenger airliner after takeoff from Tehran international airport arrived in Kyiv on January 19 as new questions emerged over Iranian officials’ cooperation in ongoing investigations into the tragedy. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, and other…
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New Video Shows Two Iranian Missiles Downing Ukrainian Airliner
New security camera video appears to show two Iranian missiles striking Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752. The video emerged online on January 14 and was verified by The New York Times. Iran admitted it mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian airliner on January 8, killing all 176 people on board.
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Trudeau Says Plane Victims Would Be Alive If Not For Tensions; U.S. Touts Deterrence
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadians killed on board Flight PS752 in Iran would be alive if tensions in the region were not at a heightened level. “If there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home…
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Mechanical Failure? Pilot Error? No, Errant Missile May Have Downed Ukraine’s Flight PS752 Near Tehran
About five hours after Iran launched a volley of missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq, bringing the Middle East a step closer to war, Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 took off into the predawn darkness from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International airport. On board were 176 people en route to Kyiv,…
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Ukraine Says It Got Access To Crashed Airliner’s Black Boxes
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko said on January 10 that investigators have so far found no evidence of a terror attack in fragments from the Ukrainian passenger airliner that crashed after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, but Kyiv wants to establish an international coalition to conduct an investigation into the…