The Ukraine Airlines flight which
crashed in Tehran killing 176 people on Wednesday was shot down by an Iranian
anti-aircraft missile system, Pentagon officials have said in a report by
Newsweek.
Ukraine International Airlines
Flight 752 was struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system,
the magazine reported, quoting three security officials.
Two of the officials said the
aircraft was likely targeted by mistake by Iranian missile system as Iran
awaited a possible counter-strike after sending rockets to two US bases in
Iraq.
The aircraft was a Boeing
737-800, bound for Kiev.
It came down in a blaze just
three minutes after take off, crashing in the outskirts of Iranian capital.
Canadian officials said 138 of
the 167 passengers took the plane to connect flights to Canada.
There were 63 Canadians on the
plane and 82 Iranians, 10 Swedes, 3 Brits.
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