No chance of survivors in Iran plane crash
Wednesday January 08 2020
A Boeing 737-800 of the Ukraine International airline is seen at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on September 24, 2019. A Boeing 737 Ukrainian plane carrying at least 170 people crashed on January 8, 2020 shortly after take-off in Tehran. PHOTO | AFP
Tehran,
There is no chance of finding survivors in the wreckage of a Ukranian passenger plane that crashed just outside Iran’s capital Tehran, a non-governmental agency has said.
"It is impossible that passengers" on flight PS-752 "are alive," the head of Iran’s Red Crescent told semi-official news agency ISNA.
Some 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the plane when it crashed, state news agency IRNA said, while the Red Crescent put the number at 170 people on board.
The Kiev-bound Boeing 737 crashed shortly after take-off in Tehran on Wednesday, according to ISNA.