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Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines.On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after takeoff, [4] [5] [6] killing all 176 occupants on board.
[37] Putin later said that the aircraft was shot down by a Patriot missile system. [38] On 25 January, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a terrorism investigation into the incident [39] and released footage of the crash site, showing traces of blood and parts of human remains, [40] including a tattoo depicting a tryzub. [41]
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
A Russian military Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane has crashed near Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, while carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian authorities said Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it ...
The 52-year-old is known in the West for his role in the shooting-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 with the loss of 298 passengers and crew. A Dutch court last year ...
The protests took place after it was revealed that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, on the 8th of January 2020. The Boeing 737-800 operating the route was shot down shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] all 176 passengers ...
An Su-25, Blue 37, was shot down by an enemy jet fighter near Kramatorsk resulting in the death of 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade pilot Danilo Murashko . [209] [210] 10 February MiG-29 A MiG-29 was shot down while intercepting Shahed-136 loitering munition, reportedly in the area of Pishchanka, Vinnytsia Oblast. The pilot, Lieutenant Dmytro ...