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Crash: UIA B738 at Tehran on Jan 8th 2020, lost height after departure


A UIA Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration UR-PSR performing flight PS-752 from Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) to Kiev (Ukraine) with 167 passengers and 9 crew, was climbing through 8000 feet out of Tehran's runway 29R about 12nm northwest of the airport at about 06:18L (02:48Z), when the aircraft's transponder signals ceased. The aircraft was found in an open field near Parand, a surbub of Tehran, near the last transponder position (N35.52 E50.91).

Iran's Civil Aviation Authority CAO reported the aircraft was handed off by ATC at about 06:18L near Tehran when it fell to the ground. Initial reports indicate all occupants have been killed in the impact. Iran's Accident Investigation Board has dispatched investigators on site. Most occupants were Irani Nationals, a number of occupants were citizens of other nations.

Local residents videotaped an aircraft, presumable the UIA Boeing 737-800, while climbing out of Tehran, losing height and impacting ground.

Severe tensions developed between the USA and Iran following a drone strike against an Iran military leader in Baghdad (Iraq) on the order by the USA president, the Iran began counter strikes firing missiles against US military bases in the evening of Jan 7th 2020.

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