2020-01-08: Boeing 737 (Flight PS-752) har kraschat i Iran - 176 döda

#BREAKING
Ukrainian investigators say there is no sign of technical failures in the motors of the Ukraine Int’l Airlines flight #PS752 (Boeing 737-8KV) that crashed west of Tehran, #Iran, on Wednesday, January 9.

Specialists of the Ukrainian state commission to investigate the deaths of the Ukrainian Boeing inspected the wreckage of the UIA airliner. The engine fault version is not confirmed.

This was reported by a journalist Yuri Butusov with reference to a source in the commission.

“At present, our group has arrived at the place where the wreckage of the aircraft is being transported. It is an open area where everything that they found in the vicinity is taken.

Currently, I am observing both aircraft engines - and I do not see any signs of fire on them. Fragments of the right wing were brought here - there are also no signs of fire there. That is, the version of engine malfunction, engine explosion, is not currently confirmed. The plane was on fire - but the version of engine failure is not confirmed”, the source said.

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“According to Iranian dispatchers, no messages were received from the aircraft from the crew. The plane allegedly turned to the airport, but whether this U-turn was manageable or not already manageable, we don’t understand yet”, he said.

At the same time, the Ukrainians have not yet been provided with air traffic control radar data. There is no information about which flying objects could be near the plane and collide if there was a missile launch. This information is promised to Ukrainians.

According to the source, the Iranians are cooperating in the investigation.

“The Iranians are not going to keep something secret from anyone, they are going to provide access to the investigation and decryption of black boxes to all parties, including Americans, aircraft manufacturers, as well as all countries whose citizens died, in accordance with the Chicago Convention ... Iranians demonstrate normal dialogue, there are no signals that they intentionally want to hide some information until everything is correct and open enough”, he said.

Butusov, in turn, suggests that a fire arose in the cabin.

“The absence of any negotiations with the dispatcher and the absence of a fire in the engines suggests that a version of a terrorist attack, a collision with a drone or an anti-aircraft missile explosion is very likely,” the journalist concluded.