A Boeing 737 carrying at least 170 passengers crashed after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday, killing everyone aboard, according to Iran state television.
The plane belonged to Ukraine International Airlines and crashed due to mechanical issues, state TV said, without elaborating.
“After taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport, it crashed between Parand and Shahriar,” civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh said.
“An investigation team from the national aviation department was dispatched to the location after the news was announced.”
The plane was bound for Kiev, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. A photo from IRNA showed rescue workers in a farm field alongside what appeared to be pieces of the plane.
The crash occurred just hours after Iran launched a missile attack on US troops stationed at two air bases in Iraq.
With Post wires
