At least 180 passengers and crew on board an airline are
feared dead following a crash of Boeing 737-800.
According to Aljazeera, the plane crashed shortly after
take-off.
The crash happened in Parand, a suburb South-West of Tehran,
the capital of Iran.
The crash occurred few hours after Iran attacked military
bases in Iraq housing United States troops in retaliation for the killing of an
Iranian general by America.
The flight was reportedly travelling to Boryspil
International Airport in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
“An investigation team from the national aviation department
was dispatched to the location after the news was announced. We will give more
reports in upcoming bulletins,” Reza Jafarzadeh, spokesperson for Iranian
Aviation Organisation was quoted as telling reporters in Tehran.
Boeing, which manufactured the aircraft, said it was “aware
of the media reports” of the incident, and it is “gathering more information.”
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