Iran Press/Iran news: The plane belonging to Ukrainian airlines crashed near Tehran minutes after the take-off from Imam Khomeini Airport after its engine caught fire. All 167 passengers and nine crew members onboard the aircraft were killed in the crash.
Some 40 rescue teams have been dispatched to the site of the crash and an investigation into the causes of the crash is underway, deputy head of Iran Red Crescent Society Ebrahim Tajik said, on Wednesday.
In the meantime, Head of Iran Emergencies Organisation, Pir-Hossein Koulivand, has said some 147 Iranians and 32 foreign nationals were killed in the tragic incident.
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