Canadian Prime Minister: Iran overthrows Ukrainian plane
Trudeau said he has "intelligence from many factors" that indicates that the Ukrainian plane, which killed all 176 passengers, crashed by launching an Iranian missile. It is believed that Tehran accidentally hit the plane while serving at Iraqi military bases, in retaliation for the Sulimani assassination. Watch the record of the moments of the hit in the sky of Tehran
Canadian Prime Minister: Iran overthrows Ukrainian plane
.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday evening that the Ukrainian plane crashed near Tehran with 176 passengers was shot down by an Iranian missile. "We have intelligence from many sources indicating that Iran has dropped the Ukrainian aircraft," said Trudeau, whose 63 civilians were killed in the crash. He said the incident may not have been intentional.
It is believed that the plane was accidentally shot down by a missile launched at Iraqi army bases in the neighboring country, where US forces are stationed, in revenge for the assassination of Qods Force commander Qassem Suleimani. Earlier, two US officials, including a Pentagon senior and US intelligence official, as well as an Iraqi intelligence official, told Newsweek that the plane was hit by a Russian ground-based missile of the Tor-M1 type used by the Iranian military.
A U.S. official noted that satellites in the United States detected two missile launches shortly before the crash. At the same time, the documentation released tonight showed a flash in the sky that may indicate the moments of the aircraft being hit by the missile.
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In contrast, Iran continues to claim that the crash was due to a technical malfunction. Iran's civil aviation organization dismissed the "unreasonable rumors" about dropping the plane by the missile. The head of the organization, Ali Abdazada, was quoted by the IRNA as saying that "scientifically, it is impossible for a missile to hit the Ukrainian aircraft."
The Boeing 737-800 plane crashed yesterday while on its way from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran to Boryspil Airport in Kiev. A few minutes after his departure, he lost contact with him when he stopped transferring data, not long after Iran launched military missiles at bases where US forces and their allies were stationed in a neighboring country, Iraq.
The plane had 176 passengers and nine crew members. Among the passengers were 82 Iranians and 63 Canadian citizens, 11 Ukrainians - including all nine crew members - ten Swedes, four Afghans, three British and three Germans. Iran refuses to deliver the black boxes of the plane, which could shed light on what has happened, to the American Boeing Company.
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The site of a Ukrainian International plane crashed after taking off from Tehran airport, Iran, January 8, 2020 (Photo: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump said the Ukrainian plane crash may have been caused by a mistake. However, he added that he had a terrible feeling about the plane, without elaborating on his intention. "Someone may be wrong," Trump told reporters at the White House.
According to a report from the Iranian Civil Aviation Authority, which quoted witnesses from the area and a passing plane flying at high altitude, the plane caught fire while it was still at high altitude. The three-year-old Boeing plane, which underwent its final tests on Jan. 6, encountered a technical problem shortly after takeoff and headed toward a nearby airport before crashing. The report also stated that the pilot had not contacted about a malfunction and that the plane had disappeared from the radar at 8,000 feet and crashed six fields later, near the city of Sabshar. According to the Iranian investigation report, bodies and parts recovered from the crash site were taken for identification purposes.
Ukrainian National Security Council secretary Alexei Danilov said earlier that the investigators Ukraine wants to send to the scene include experts who participated in the 2014 investigation into the overthrow of the Malaysian aircraft in eastern Ukraine. The plane was shot down in the area under the control of the Pro-Russian separatists, after being hit by an anti-aircraft missile fired by the rebels. He based the claim that it may have been a missile, following a photo posted on social networks in Iran that allegedly showed the remains of a Tor-M1 missile found in the scene.
Foreign Minister of Canada Francois-Philippe Champaign spoke with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif yesterday to expedite the investigation into the crash. Champagne mentioned the need for Iranian consular services to help identify the dead bodies. He added that "Canada has a lot of questions that need to be answered."