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Iran Investigation Says Ukrainian Jet Was on Fire Before Crash

Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

A Ukrainian airliner was on fire immediately before it crashed southwest of Tehran, killing all 176 on board, according to an initial report by Iranian investigators.

The report, by Iran’s civil aviation organization, cited witnesses on the ground and in a passing aircraft flying at high altitude as saying the jet was on fire while still aloft, Reuters reports.

The technical problem was not specified in the report. However, a Canadian security source told Reuters there was evidence one of the jet’s engines overheated.


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