Iran plane crash kills 176

Kiev, (Tass-New Ziana) – All passengers and crew of a Ukrainian plane that crashed at Tehran Airport on Wednesday were killed, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

“The passengers and flight crew are deceased,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s consular service said in a statement on Facebook.

“Citizens of seven countries died in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in Tehran, the death toll reached 176 people,” Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Pristayko said on Twitter.

“Now we know the following information about the countries of origin of the victims of the PS 752 [flight] disaster: Iran – 82; Canada – 63; Ukraine – 2 + 9 (crew); Sweden – 10; Afghanistan – 4; Germany – 3; United Kingdom – 3. We express our condolences. The Ukrainian authorities are continuing the investigation,” he wrote.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Aleksey Goncharuk said that “work to establish the causes of the tragedy has already been organized.”

According to him, the Ukrainian consul in Iran is working at the scene of the crash, and an operational crisis group has been created.

It is suspected that the Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed due to a technical malfunction.

According to preliminary data, all people on board died.
Tass-New Ziana