Boeing jet crashes in Iran with no survivors, security sources see technical cause

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The Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran with no survivors suffered a technical malfunction and wasn't brought down by a missile, five Western security sources told Reuters

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Smoldering parts and debris, including shoes and clothes, were strewn across a field southwest of the Iranian capital, where rescue workers in face masks laid out scores of body bags.

At Kiev’s main airport, candles and flowers were laid next to pictures of the deceased Ukrainian crew members. Under international rules, responsibility for investigating the crash lies with Iran, and Trudeau said the foreign minister of Canada would talk to his Iranian counterpart to underline the need for a “thorough investigation.” It was “dangerous to speculate” on the possible causes so early in the investigation, he added.

Debris of a plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines, that crashed after taking off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, is seen on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via REUTERS U.S. aircraft surveillance firm Aireon has collected the position data from the crashed jet and is sharing it with the appropriate authorities, a spokeswoman said. [L4N29E06P]The plane that crashed was a three-year-old Boeing 737-800NG. Its last scheduled maintenance was on Jan. 6, Ukraine International Airlines said.

Some airlines canceled Iran and Iraq flights and re-routed others away from both countries’ airspace following the missile strikes. The European Aviation Safety Agency recommended that commercial flights avoid Iraqi airspace.

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lookner we dont beileve Iran anyway ! terrorist state

I guess the 5 sources won't be used any longer.

As far as I am aware, after the events of 9/11, all Boeing aircraft are capable of remote control. This aircraft is very new, unlike other old Iranian aircraft. In fact, it may have been one of the few remotely controllable aircraft at the airport that day.

A “technical malfunction”... really? What sort of equipment failure would cause the aircraft fuselage to break up into lots of small pieces? This is very strange.

RIP

lookner That’s just what they want us to think.

Who you are trying to trick?You Know maybe we are 'like' the 'common' people but we are not idiots...Just say u are trying to avoid even further chaos

Maybe there should be a joint investigation. I mean : US government, Iran government, Ukraine government, NASA, Boeing and Airbus.... Make sure no one can destroy/delete that black box.

Iranians should either explain what happened to the plane or simply release the black box for investigations...the earlier they do either of this 2 options,the better for everyone...it is as simple as that...

KassyDillon Maybe there should be a joint investigation. I mean : US government, Iran government, Ukraine government, NASA, Boeing and Airbus.... Make sure that no one can Epstein that black box, sorry, make sure the black box won’t Epstein itself.

Right...

Rubbish. Biggest cover up ever. Those poor people on the aircraft deserve better than their deaths being lied over.

lookner Which country will analyze the black boxes ❌

KassyDillon If only they had access to the black box & cockpit voice recorders, this could be verified.

It broke up in the air. That doesn’t happen organically.

lookner Are these the same intelligence services that told the western world Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ? Truth is the world got tucked up by the whole US /Iran situation , reason being who knows , maybe oil prices maybe a face saving operation.Time for us to get on with life

Has any 'Western intelligence agency' even been at the crash site yet? What exactly did they initially assess?

lookner bullshit

Translation: 'Thanks for not starting a war with Trump. We'll pretend that crash was just a technical glitch.'

Well the Black Boxes need to be released by Iran for evaluation? Also you don’t seem to be up to date with your news!

all these us mouthpieces, if anyone can be called out for foul play it's the us leadership. but there wasn't any so shut up.

i run on light i fading fast, australia can let you know more about.

BlackBoxFlight752

lookner So horrible

Only America shoot down civillian aircraft over Iran....

Not buying it at all

This is a cover up I believe the holes in the fuselage look like AA fire.

lookner That's their story and they're sticking with it. Terrible tragedy in any case. Poor families.

The odds of a plane crash are 5,400,000 -1 and it just so happened it went down the day Iran started flinging missiles.. !?

lookner I do not believe this.

Not buying it. It had a normal accent, then suddenly all electrical communications lost and it was a ball of fire.

usually brings made up fake news.

I can’t wait for a good investigative journalist to blow the lid off of this. This puzzle piece doesn’t make sense.

I’d bet it was the Russians...

Boeing again

So western technical firms are covering for Iran. Not surprising.

Ok. Now i know.. More details please.

They came to that conclusion very quickly. Usually takes weeks to confirm anything like that?

Wow, that was a quick investigation now wasn't it.

They usually spend months examining wreckage to determine the cause of a crash, but here they're able to sum iy up in a few hours. Hmmmmm.

ZombiesAreBad Unnamed sources claim they know stuff based on 2nd or 3nd hand information from the intel community who were totally focused on that jet that night... BLACK BOX DATA OR STFU

Put the five westerns in ur ASS ,, and make the regeme in iran give the blcak box !!

What about the black box !!!

Can we reasonably expect every crash investigation to be completed in hours going forward?

I hope who passengers record their voice on the same time

kelly2277 Not sure I buy this

Riigghhhtttt...👌

Who needs aaib or NTSB when you have this.

Sure.🙄 Then they should ReleaseTheBlackBox

UkrainianAirlines went down in a Fireball caught on Video in iran, that only Happens when a Pläne ist Shot down

That was their real revenge a plane full of westerners.

Experts in the airline industry are all over Twitter and Reddit saying otherwise

It was in flames before it crashed

Do NOT believe this for a SECOND! Iran won't release the Black Box for a reason. Experts who have looked at video of the crash as well as evidence on the ground say it shows a mid-air disintegration. NOT one that took place upon hitting the ground. Something doesn't add up here!

They better hope, pray it wasn't a missile. 🇨🇦

Not convinced why won’t Iran give Boeing the black box

black box?

It was a missile. Look at the planes Fuselage and you’ll see holes in it.

I wouldnt believe this if you paid me to. Without the black box, how are you able to tell it was due to technical malfunctions? Instead of confronting America they would rather take it out on innocent lives.

There sure was a big old fire up there just before it fell!!

It was reported to be a 737. Was it a max?

And Jeff Epstein killed himself

They need the black box to have definitive answers

Sure, Jan.

Question is who's missile was it

The evidence.. no Mayday call; no large crater due to impact into ground; a large debris field instead of a crater..... so it exploded up in the air first... Whether by missile or a bomb inside plane.. USPolitics uspoli cdnpoli nytimes latimes globeandmail mtlgazette

and here I thought the CIA's 'remote viewing' program ended decades ago.

This report so cheesy 'five security sources - three Americans one European one Canadian who asked not to be named🙄told Reuters the initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies was the plane had suffered a technical malfunction and had not been brought down by a missile'

How would they know without the black box or any investigation?

Wow. A new plane, barely 3 years old falls out of the sky minutes after takeoff, no radio for help from the pilot, Iran won't share the black box with Boeing, and we are to believe it was mechanical failure? Iranian ukraineplanecrash

*Kyiv

VILHORANTANEN Oh so it just happened to explode

Someone has blasted an airliner out of the sky & there are bodies whole enough that it takes 3 to 5 grown men to carry around? How is it possible that human flesh is still intact after literally being blown up and thrown from the sky on fire from thousands of feet up?

The entire Saudi Kingdom denied killing Kashoggi. Which they did.

How do they know this? You just accept their word and print this as fact? propaganda

This is way too premature

The plane was at 8,000 feet. It would fly for a while with no engines.

... Business as usual at Boeing?

Fake news!

They are trying to avoid a further escalation of violence with spin.

Impossible!

What’s going on with these Boeing planes? Looks like their former CEO just wanted to sell as many as he can very quickly and he didn’t care at all about if they were built correctly or not. He just wants money.

Technical problems behind Harvey Weinstein too

I guess we have to stop flying

ignore the shrapnel holes.

There was someone one that plane the CIA did not want leaving Tehran.

American Soldiers Showing Their Kindness.

Oh yeah. Of course. Because security would know all about how airplanes work. What do we need NTSB for? 👍

kelly2277 Boeing?

I will agree when Iran release the black box

It is still too early to call the reason for the crash! The black box must be handed to the investigators to seek the truth.

Completely engulfed in flames within 2 minutes is not a 'technical malfunction'

Wasn’t a Boeing plane, or was it? Checking my future flights now.

Technical malfunction - massive explosion 🤥🤥🤥🤥

The country has gone fanatical, as it requires of its citizens, it is not overly reaching to pre-suppose-- sabotage. A timely review of the black box and the events surrounding the pre-flight conditions maybe impossible in these conditions.

kelly2277

Ha ha ha ha

Its obvious, planes just dont fall out of the skies in thousands of pieces. Im 110% sure it was shot down. Just ask Russia they know how this story plays out.

Hard to believe. Fire isn't even out and the already have the cause? Hmmmm

And Jeffrey Epstein strangled himself to death.

I don’t buy it.

I certainly hope that's true, but man there's a lot of shrapnel damage to the exterior of the plane, which bent the metal inwards instead of outwards.

had nothing to do with realDonaldTrump's attack?

nomissile Ground Artillery?

It was bullets! You can tell from the holes in the fuselage!

Conspiracy theorists calling this fake news coming in in 3...2...1...

This won’t age well.

😴

Black box please, why fear?

But how can they know that (without black boxes)? Who who are these 'sources'?

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