TheTimesreported the video shows a missile hitting the Boeing 737 bound for Ukraine. A previoustweetfrom Ukrainian foreign minister Vadym Prystaiko said that 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans, and three British nationals were on the aircraft.
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On Thursday, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization chief Ali Abedzadeh saidthe plane was “on fire”before the crash, BBC News reported.
Abedzadeh reportedly added that the pilots had not made any distress calls before heading back to the airport.
“The plane, which was initially headed west to leave the airport zone, turned right following a problem and was headed back to the airport at the moment of the crash,” Abedzadeh explained, theBBCreported.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also stated that data from multiple agencies seemed to confirm Iran’s part in the disaster.
“We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence,” Trudeau said on Thursday, according to theLos Angeles Times. “The news will undoubtedly come as a further shock to the families who are already grieving in the face of this unspeakable tragedy.”
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According toCBS News, U.S. satellites detectedtwo surface-to-air missile launches that occurredshortly before the plane exploded. Missile components were apparently found near the location of the crash, a source who was inside an intelligence briefing told CBS News.
CNNreported that Iranian troops may have mistakenly believed they were under attack in thetense hoursfollowing their strike on the military bases. (Iran’s strike came after PresidentDonald Trumpordered an airstrikein Iraq that killed the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani.)
According to CBS News, Iran has refuted the allegations.
source: people.com
