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All 170 aboard Ukrainian Boeing 737 dead: Iran state TV

Wreckage of the Ukraine International Airlines’ plane that crashed and burst into flames. [Courtesy]

A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport, and all aboard were killed, Iran’s state television said.

The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames.

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