The first video footage of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Parand city of Iran’s Tehran province has been released, Trend reports Jan. 8.
The filming was made by an amateur who arrived at the scene after the crash.
The video shows that initially, the witnesses reacted as if a missile was fired. Later it became known that a plane crashed.
According to Iranian sources, a Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 167 passengers (including Iranian and foreign citizens) and 9 crew members on board crashed after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran due to technical issues. The plane crashed at 6:22 (GMT +3:30).
The plane was heading for Kyiv, Ukraine's capital.
Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) report said the list of passengers included 146 Iranian citizens as well as 21 citizens of foreign countries.
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