Two unnamed US officials told AP that the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 Flight PS752 was "highly likely" downed by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
Reuters separately reported that US officials believe it was brought down "accidently".
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- A Ukrainian Boeing-737 with 180 people onboard has crashed in Iran, according to local media.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko has confirmed the number and country of origin of all passengers and crew on board the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran.
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Crash d'un Boeing à Téhéran: des responsables américains pensent que l'Iran a abattu par erreur l'avion ukrainien
ReplyDeleteLes chaînes de télévision CNN et CBS et le magazine Newsweek citent des responsables, sous couvert d'anonymat, qui sont convaincus que la défense anti-aérienne de Téhéran a abattu le vol PS752 d'UIA juste après son décollage.
ReplyDeleteOttawa called Thursday for its own experts be allowed to join the investigation into the crash of an airliner near Tehran that killed dozens of Canadian citizens of Iranian origin.
ReplyDeleteIn a rare phone call with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif late Wednesday, Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne called for Iran to allow Canadian investigators in to the country, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement.
"Minister Champagne stressed the need for Canadian officials to be quickly granted access to Iran to provide consular services, help with identification of the deceased and take part in the investigation of the crash," the statement said.
Champagne told Zarif that "Canada and Canadians have many questions which will need to be answered."
Such direct contact is rare since Canada broke off diplomatic ties in 2012 in protest at Tehran's support for the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.