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Black box of Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran found

Iran Materials 8 January 2020 09:50 (UTC +04:00)

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan. 8

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The black box of Ukrainian passenger plane crashed near Tehran has been found and handed over to the Tehran police, Trend's special correspondent reports.

Earlier, head of Iran’s Rescue and Relief Organization Morteza Salimi said that all passengers of the plane which crashed near the Imam Khomeini International Airport were killed.

According to Iranian sources, a Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 167 passengers 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.

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