China News Service, June 29th, according to Reuters, citing Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that on June 29th local time, the Iranian military prosecutor in the province of Tehran, Gram Abbas Torki, said that the Ukrainian passenger plane was killed in Iran. The reason for the shoot down was human error.
Torki said there was no indication that the passenger plane crashed because of a cyber attack on Iranian missiles or air defense systems. He also said that three people related to the accident have been arrested.
On January 8, local time, the planned flight PS752 of Ukraine to Kiev crashed shortly after taking off from Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, and all the passengers were killed. The picture shows the scene of the passenger plane crash.
On January 8, 2020, a Boeing 737-800 passenger plane of Ukrainian International Airlines took off from Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, to Kiev, Ukrainian capital, but crashed shortly after takeoff. There were 167 passengers and 9 crew members on board. Survived.
The Iranian military later issued a statement saying that the passenger plane was shot down by the Iranian military "unintentionally" and the accident was caused by "human error".