At this time officials are saying it “may have been accidental”; no party has claimed intent for the tragedy..“I have my suspicions. It was flying in a pretty rough neighbourhood,” President Trump said Thursday morning..Ukraine Airlines flight 752 crashed within minutes of take off from Iran on its way to Kiev. All 176 people aboard the flight were killed. 63 of the passengers were Canadians and almost half of those were living in Alberta..Evidence from the crash site has determined that the airliner was on its way back to the airport in Tehran when it exploded..According to reports from CBS News, American satellites detected missile launches in the area shortly before the plane crashed..Federal officials were updated Thursday morning and one source in attendance at the U.S. briefing said “missile components” were recovered near the crash site..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also said Canada is in receipt of similar intelligence from “multiple sources”..“The evidence indicates the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. This may well have been unintentional,” the PM said Thursday afternoon..Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated the latter exactly. He also said four British nationals were among the passengers of flight 752..In Iran, there has been word that the civil aviation organization will complete the review process in partnership with officials from both Canada and Sweden. NBC is reporting that the head of Iran’s civil aviation org “denied Iran refuses to hand over black box”..Later Thursday afternoon Trudeau stated Iranian authorities are maintaining the black box will stay in Iran however they will allow Ukraine access..In a statement to Press TV, Ali Abedzadeh, Head of Iran Civil Avian Organization disagreed with the reports saying “from a scientific viewpoint, it is impossible that a missile hit the Ukranian plane.”.Meanwhile, David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs was in Iraq to meet with Kurdistan officials. More people in Iraq are trying to find safety amid continuing “hostilities” between U.S. and Iran in the neighbouring country..Update: Agence France Presse (AFP) reporting that Tehran has asked Canada to share its intelligence that flight 752 was hit with an Iranian missile.
At this time officials are saying it “may have been accidental”; no party has claimed intent for the tragedy..“I have my suspicions. It was flying in a pretty rough neighbourhood,” President Trump said Thursday morning..Ukraine Airlines flight 752 crashed within minutes of take off from Iran on its way to Kiev. All 176 people aboard the flight were killed. 63 of the passengers were Canadians and almost half of those were living in Alberta..Evidence from the crash site has determined that the airliner was on its way back to the airport in Tehran when it exploded..According to reports from CBS News, American satellites detected missile launches in the area shortly before the plane crashed..Federal officials were updated Thursday morning and one source in attendance at the U.S. briefing said “missile components” were recovered near the crash site..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also said Canada is in receipt of similar intelligence from “multiple sources”..“The evidence indicates the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. This may well have been unintentional,” the PM said Thursday afternoon..Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated the latter exactly. He also said four British nationals were among the passengers of flight 752..In Iran, there has been word that the civil aviation organization will complete the review process in partnership with officials from both Canada and Sweden. NBC is reporting that the head of Iran’s civil aviation org “denied Iran refuses to hand over black box”..Later Thursday afternoon Trudeau stated Iranian authorities are maintaining the black box will stay in Iran however they will allow Ukraine access..In a statement to Press TV, Ali Abedzadeh, Head of Iran Civil Avian Organization disagreed with the reports saying “from a scientific viewpoint, it is impossible that a missile hit the Ukranian plane.”.Meanwhile, David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs was in Iraq to meet with Kurdistan officials. More people in Iraq are trying to find safety amid continuing “hostilities” between U.S. and Iran in the neighbouring country..Update: Agence France Presse (AFP) reporting that Tehran has asked Canada to share its intelligence that flight 752 was hit with an Iranian missile.
