8 January in Tehran after takeoff was hit by a passenger airliner Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the airline “Ukraine International airlines”

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On Board were 167 passengers and nine crew members, they all died. Among them were 11 Ukrainians (including nine crew members), 82 citizens of Iran, 63 the canadian, 10 of Swedish citizens, four Afghans, three German nationals and three Britons

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Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down on 8 January at the airport in Tehran, due to incorrect configuration of defense systems, the report says civil aviation Organization of Iran on the investigation into the incident. The contents of the report the Agency Tasnim.

According to the report, one of the defense systems of Iran was displaced, which led to the change of its position and direction. However, due to human error has not been executed reconfiguration required after the move. In the end, the system mistakenly identified the plane as an object that is moving toward Tehran from the South-West direction, although in reality the airliner took off from the airport.

8 January in Tehran after takeoff was hit by a passenger airliner Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the airline “Ukraine International airlines”. On Board were 167 passengers and nine crew members, they all died. Among them were 11 Ukrainians (including nine crew members), 82 citizens of Iran, 63 the canadian, 10 of Swedish citizens, four Afghans, three German nationals and three Britons.

16 January it became known that the governments of countries whose nationals died in the plane crash, demand from Tehran’s full admission of guilt and payment of compensation for relatives of victims of the crash. The foreign Ministers of Canada, UK, Afghanistan, Sweden, and Ukraine has demanded “an independent investigation followed a transparent and impartial judicial processes.” Subsequently, Ukraine rejected the Iranian offer of compensation of 80 thousand dollars for each victim, calling the payment inadequate.

In June it became known that the black boxes of the Ukrainian aircraft was sent to Kiev in the period due to pandemic coronavirus. The government of Iran stated that the process will resume after the return to normal operations of international flights, as well as the outcome of the negotiations between Iran and other involved in the process parties.