BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 8
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
There were no citizens of Kazakhstan on board of the crashed Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane that crashed in Iran, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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.
“Based on the preliminary data of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted to Kazakhstan’s embassy in Tehran, there were no citizens of Kazakhstan aboard Ukrainian crashed plane,” the ministry said.
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