At a time when the situation between the United States and Iran was tense, a Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in the Iranian capital Tehran, causing great concern.
Late at night on the 8th Beijing time, Ukrainian International Airlines said at a news conference that it basically ruled out the possibility of passenger plane crash caused by operational errors.
Ukrainian Airlines latest response:
Basically eliminate the passenger plane crash caused by misoperation
Ukrainian International Airlines held a press conference on the crash of a passenger plane in Iran on the 8th, saying that the flight crew were experienced and basically ruled out the possibility of passenger plane crash caused by operational errors.
Igor & middot, vice president of operations of the company; Sosnowski said: 'the news we got was that the plane climbed to an altitude of 2400 meters. The possibility of crew misoperation is very low. We basically don't think it is the misoperation that caused the crash, because the drivers are very experienced. "
De Henne, President of the company, said at the press conference that the aircraft has been in good flight condition, and the latest routine maintenance was on January 6 this year. In view of the current unknown situation, Ukrainian International Airlines will temporarily suspend flights to Tehran.
According to Interfax news agency, Ukrainian Prime Minister goncharuk said in Kiev on the same day that Ukraine would suspend all flights through Iranian airspace from the 9th until the cause of the crash was found out. He hoped to find out the cause of the crash as soon as possible and called for the dissemination of unverified information.
Ukrainian airliner crashed
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On the morning of the 8th local time, a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger plane crashed near Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, leaving 167 passengers and 9 crew members dead.
Russian satellite news agency on January 8 quoted the Ukrainian foreign ministry as saying that the victims included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, 4 Afghans, 3 Germans and 3 Britons.
It is reported that the Boeing 737 was scheduled to take off from Khomeini International Airport To Kiev. A few minutes after taking off, it crashed near the airport due to 'technical problems'.
According to @ CCTV news released a picture of the crash taken by residents, the plane had caught fire in the air, and there had been at least several enhanced combustion or explosions in the air.
At the crash site, the crashed plane had been completely broken, and the smell of burning could be smelled at the scene.
The cause of the crash is confusing
Black box found
The model of the crashed aircraft is Boeing 737-800 ng, which was delivered and put into use in 2016. On January 6, 2020, the aircraft just passed a comprehensive technical inspection and found no abnormalities. Affected by the crash, the company will suspend flights to Tehran indefinitely.
At 10 a.m. local time on the 8th, Ukrainian Airlines released the news on the crashed plane. The black boxes on the crashed plane have been found.
It is reported that after the accident, Ukrainian President Zelensky ordered a comprehensive inspection of all Ukrainian airliners and directed the general procuratorate to launch a criminal investigation into the cause of the accident.
There is much speculation about the cause of the crash. The Ukrainian Embassy in Iran previously issued a statement saying that the crash of the Ukrainian airliner in Iran was caused by engine failure, not a terrorist attack.
However, the Ukrainian embassy later said that the cause of the accident remained to be further verified. At present, Uzbekistan has set up a special investigation team to investigate the cause of the crash. Until the investigation results are clear, all statements about the cause of the crash will be regarded as unofficial information.
So far, seven countries, including the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Australia and France, have announced to avoid Iran and Iraq's airspace or suspend flights through Iran and Iraq's airspace.
Source: Beijing Daily (ID: beijing_daily) comprehensive Xinhua news agency, CCTV news, global network, 21st century economic report