• Yellow of the Ukrainian Boeing crashed in Tehran. Media: shot down by missiles. Trump: maybe a mistake
  • Boeing 737 crashed in Iran: "He was going back for a problem"
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January 09, 2020

The Ukrainian plane crashed in Tehran a few hours after the attack on US bases in Iraq was shot down by mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. The official confirmation of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in the evening after the suspicion that the disaster of the Boeing 737-800 of the Ukrainian International Airlines, costing the lives of 176 people - including 63 Canadians - had become increasingly stronger today. , had not been caused by a technical problem, but by an impact in flight.

Advanced by the Kiev authorities and relaunched by American and Iraqi intelligence sources, the version was not excluded even by Donald Trump. "Someone may have made a mistake. I have a suspicion of what happened," said the American president, in the midst of tensions with the Islamic Republic. But for Tehran the "rumors" about the collision with a rocket are "meaningless".

Tehran: "Voices without meaning"
According to Civil Aviation Officer and Deputy Minister of Transportation Ali Abedzadeh, "several domestic and international flights were flying into Iranian airspace at the same time at the same altitude" and had no problems. "The plane, which initially headed east to leave the airport area, veered to the right due to a problem and was returning to the airport at the time of the accident," say Tehran experts.

But the shadows remain heavy, partly because the Islamic Republic continues to deny black boxes to Boeing and the US, limiting itself to saying that if it were necessary for the investigations it would turn to France or other countries.

Along with the 007s from Washington, Baghdad and Ottawa, a Pentagon source cited by Newsweek also claims that the plane was hit by a Russian-made Tor M-1 surface-to-air missile, known at NATO as SA-15 Gauntlet. The Iranian anti-aircraft battery was on the alert for possible responses to the raids against US targets. CBS sources also report that US intelligence has intercepted signals from two missiles launched by the Iranians, followed shortly after by an explosion. Moreover, already in the first hours after the fall of the flight PS752 the dynamics had raised doubts among the experts, given that the take-off had taken place on a regular basis and the Boeing 737 would be able to fly even with a single engine. The aircraft was just three years old, the pilots were experts and the visibility and weather conditions were good.

Ukrainian technicians in Tehran
A team of Ukrainian technicians has come to Tehran to participate in the investigation with local authorities. Among these there are also experts who had dealt with the flight of Malaysia Arlines MH17 shot down by a missile in the Ukrainian skies in 2014, causing 298 deaths. According to the secretary of the Kiev Defense and Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, collision with a missile or other flying object, such as a drone, cannot be ruled out. But the hypothesis of an explosion on board as a result of "an act of terrorism" has not yet been put aside.

"We will find out the truth by carrying out a detailed and independent investigation," promised Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, calling the determination of the causes "a priority". Kiev has invited Britain to join the investigation, as Iran has already done with Canada and Sweden, two of the countries most affected by the tragedy. In an interview between their foreign ministers, Canada called for maximum transparency in the face of "many questions that will have to be answered".