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Iran admits it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian passenger plane
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (ANI): Iran on Saturday admitted that it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger plane that crashed near Tehran earlier this week, killing all 176 people aborad, state media reported.
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Iranian authorities to announce cause of Ukrainian airliner crash on Satur
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Iranian authorities are planning to announce the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane on Saturday, the Fars news agency reported citing a source.
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Iran plane crash "not an intentional act," says Australian PM
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Jan 10 : Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said that the Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran "does not suggest an intentional act."
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Iran declares Jan 9 mourning day after plane crash, Kerman stampede at Sol
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 09 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian government has declared January 9 as the day of national mourning over the deadly Ukrainian passenger plane crash and a stampede at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force, in his home
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In fresh statement, Ukraine Embassy omits mention of engine failure as cau
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): In a new statement issued a few hours after the plane crash that took place near Tehran airport which left no surviours, the Ukrainian embassy here omitted the mention of engine failure as a cause of the tragic incident.
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Authorities recover black boxes of crashed plane near Tehran airport
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Iranian authorities said on Wednesday that they recovered the flight recorders of Ukraine's Boeing 737 aircraft that crashed near Tehran international airport earlier in the day, according to the state media.
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Pilot mistake unlikely in Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Ir
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 8 (Sputnik/ANI): A pilot error is unlikely to have caused the crash of Ukraine's Boeing 737 near Tehran, the vice president of operations at the Ukraine International Airlines said on Wednesday.
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147 Iranians, 32 foreigners lose lives in Ukrainian plane crash
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Of the 176 people onboard the Ukraine International Airlines flight, as many as 147 passengers were Iranians and 32 passengers were foreigners, said Iran Civil Aviation Organization on Wednesday.
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All 176 on-board killed after Ukraine International Airlines jet crashes n
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): All least 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed when a Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed minutes after take-off from Tehran airport on Wednesday, according to Iran's state media.
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2 PAF pilots killed in air crash near Mianwali
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 7 (ANI): At least two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots were killed in a training aircraft crash near the M.M. Alam Base in Mianwali on Tuesday.
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Turkish Airlines, Boeing reach deal on compensation for 737 Max
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 31 (ANI): Turkish Airlines and the US aircraft maker Boeing have agreed to a compensation deal over the undelivered aircraft and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max, following two fatal crashes, the carrier said on Tuesday.
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US: 5 killed after small plane crashes in Louisiana
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): Five people were killed after a twin-engine plane with six people aboard crashed in Louisiana, US on Saturday morning, local media reported, quoting a local fire chief.
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