Iranian authorities deny views on airliner shotdown Emphasis on fair investigation January 10, 19:26

Regarding the Ukrainian airliner crashing shortly after taking off from Iran's airport, Iranian aviation officials interviewed on October 10 saying, `` It can be said that it is completely wrong to shoot down with a missile '', saying that Iran had shot down Was denied again. Regarding the investigation of the accident, Iran has indicated a policy to invite European and American experts and emphasizes that a fair investigation will be conducted.

Ukrainian Airways flight 752 from Iran to Ukraine crashed shortly after taking off at an airport near the capital Tehran on the 8th, killing nearly 180 passengers and crew.

According to the Ukrainian government, passengers included 82 from Iran and 63 from Canada, as well as Ukrainian, Swedish, Afghan, German and British nationals.

In the accident, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said, "There is evidence that Iran was shot down by surface-to-air missiles."

An Iranian aviation official said on Wednesday a press conference, "A lot of people are shooting footage. It is completely wrong to see that they shot down with missiles. Yes, "he denied that he had been shot down again.

In a statement, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement that it would invite experts from Boeing, which manufactured the aircraft in future accident investigations, and Canada, which had many passengers.

Iran emphasizes conducting a fair investigation into the international community as Western countries continue to show that passenger aircraft have been shot down.

Tehran citizens

A 26-year-old male college student in Tehran, the capital of Iran, said about the cause of the crash, "I think it's a technical reason. The US isn't trying to shrink the image of Iran by giving information that it was shot down. Do you? "

A 23-year-old woman said, "I think Iran's claim is true. If it were a missile, it would be really sad."

On the other hand, a 58-year-old man said, "I do not know what happened, but it is not a simple accident. I think it will have a 100% impact on my relationship with other countries in the future."

Resident "two explosions"

A 30-year-old woman living a few kilometers from the crash site answered an NHK telephone interview.

In this, the woman said, "First I heard the explosion, and at the same time the building shook. At the same time, I heard a second explosion. I was very scared and I was even more scared to hear the neighbors shouting. And looked back on the situation at the time.

"The second explosion sounded relatively small compared to the first explosion sound."

He said, "I was awakened to see news about a retaliatory attack. So I thought it was the U.S. side attacking Iran with a missile as a counterattack rather than a passenger plane accident."

Aircraft crashes about 3 minutes after takeoff

According to a private website `` Flight Radar 24 '' which discloses flight courses based on information on the position and altitude transmitted by passenger aircraft, the crashed Ukrainian Airways flight 752 travels at an international airport near the capital Tehran in local time. Took off shortly after 6am.

After that, it flew northwest with increasing altitude, but about 3 minutes after takeoff, the record was lost at an altitude of about 2,400 meters.

The aircraft may have suddenly become unable to transmit data while flying over the sky.