TEHRAN, Iran, Jan.8
Trend:
The Spokesman of Iran`s Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh announced that most of the Ukrainian airplane passengers were Iranian, 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 (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.