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Ukrainian passenger Boeing 737-800, flying flight PS752, and crashed around Tehran, was in very good condition, and the fact that he broke into many fragments, indicates either some kind of impact on the ground or in the air

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Crashed plane of airline “Ukraine International airlines” (UIA) was released in 2016 and enrolled in the airline’s fleet directly from the factory of Boeing. In MAU said about the serviceability of the aircraft and confirmed the high qualifications of its crew

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“The photographs from the crash site shows that the plane broke into many fragments, which means either having a powerful impact on the earth, or something happened in the air,” said Curtis. “Investigators will need to reconstruct the course of events step by step – everything that happened with this Board, and look for that in the systems of the aircraft or the fuel could lead to the fall”, – said the expert

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Rescuers at the crash site to collect debris and remains of the bodies of people on the territory of about 2 hectares

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Another specialist on aviation issues, in particular any foreign objects in aircraft engines, said NEWSru Israel that is extremely low probability that the cause of the accident Boeing 737-800 aircraft was hit birds in the engine

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Judging by the video of the crash, one of the engines was on fire and the plane flew away burning fragments. The expert notes that such consequences could lead to the ingress of MANPADS missiles

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Ukrainian passenger Boeing 737-800, flying flight PS752, and crashed around Tehran, was in very good condition, and the fact that he broke into many fragments, indicates either some kind of impact on the ground or in the air, explained in interview of broadcasting company BBC analyst on aviation safety Todd Curtis, the author of a book about data analysis in the field of civil aviation security.

Crashed plane of airline “Ukraine International airlines” (UIA) was released in 2016 and enrolled in the airline’s fleet directly from the factory of Boeing. In MAU said about the serviceability of the aircraft and confirmed the high qualification of its crew.

“The photographs from the crash site shows that the plane broke into many fragments, which means either having a powerful impact on the earth, or something happened in the air,” said Curtis. “Investigators will need to reconstruct the course of events step by step – everything that happened with this Board, and look for that in the systems of the aircraft or the fuel could lead to the fall”, – said the expert.

“But you can’t discount the possibility of external influence on the aircraft collision in the air or something,” concluded Curtis.

Rescuers at the crash site to collect debris and remains of the bodies of people on the territory of about 2 hectares.

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Another specialist on aviation issues, in particular any foreign objects in aircraft engines, said NEWSru Israel that is extremely low probability that the cause of the accident Boeing 737-800 aircraft was hit birds in the engine. According to him, bird could hit the engine during takeoff (at altitude up to 600 meters), but it is unlikely it would lead to such catastrophic consequences.

Judging by the video of the crash, one of the engines was on fire and the plane flew away burning fragments. The expert notes that such consequences could lead to the ingress of MANPADS missiles. He recalled that such complexes are repeatedly used to defeat aircraft during takeoff or landing. But experts believe the almost incredible theory that the plane was shot down by Iranian air defense, as in this case, most likely, the plane collapsed in the air (which, judging by the videos, did not happen).

Iranian rescue service found the flight recorder of the Ukrainian plane Boeing-737 that crashed on Wednesday in Tehran. The black box has been found in the vicinity of the Iranian capital and handed over to law enforcement in the country pic.twitter.com/QdByxNLQ9g

— CGTN in Russian (@cgtnrussian) 8 Jan 2020

The crash of the Boeing 737 flight PS 752 in Iran: there were pictures proving the rocket strike on the Ukrainian ship, photo https://t.co/RCh6kwgLD7 pic.twitter.com/75RyWK0Ti4

— Диалог.UA (@Dialog_UA) 8 Jan 2020

A number of Ukrainian media have published photographs, noting that many of the fragments of the crashed plane was discovered strange footprints, which supposedly confirm that something worked outside on the tail of the aircraft, on wings and in the cockpit. Supposedly it says in favor of the version that the cause of the crash of the Boeing could be the shelling of the Iranian air defense.

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— KhaleejJournal.com (@khaleejjournal) 8 Jan 2020

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Todas Mueren las personas a bordo del avión Boeing 737 que se estrelló cerca del aeropuerto #Imam Khomeini en #Teherán: 167 nueve pasajeros y tripulantes.

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In turn, the Agency RIA “Novosti” quotes the comment of the Israeli expert Sariga Zeev (former head of the airport Ben-Gurion), who believes that the cause of the accident could be a bomb on Board. “A cursory look at the circumstances we understand that there are two main options. The first is a bomb on Board that works on a timer or sensor-the barometer, exploding when the plane comes to a certain height. Well, the other option was a technical problem… unfortunately, it looks less possible,” said Sarig.

But while there’s no official clues that would have suggested the possible cause of the disaster. According to the expert, Todd Curtis, to investigate the causes of the crash should be together Iran, Ukraine, USA and France, but it is unclear how this currently can be done in practice. Iran is under sanctions of the USA and a few hours ago, fired shelling of US military bases in neighboring Iraq. The worst conditions for joint investigations can not imagine.

At the moment, already found two “black boxes” crashed in Tehran Ukrainian passenger plane. All necessary data is collected, the civil aviation authority of Iran launched an investigation.

Embassy of Ukraine in Iran said that the plane crashed as a result of the accident the engine for technical reasons. The Embassy initially said that the version of act of terrorism is excluded, but then changed the statement about the causes of the crash. “Information on the causes of the crash are investigated by the Commission. Any statements about the causes of the accident to the decision of the Commission are not official in nature”, – stated in the message of the Embassy in Facebook.

That the blame for the fire engine, said the Iranian Agency Isna, citing the Ministry of roads and urban development of Iran. “If the plane was shot down by a rocket, he would have exploded in the air,” – said the representative of the Minister Kassim Nizami.

Immediately after the collapse of the liner there was a version that the Boeing 737 with 167 passengers and 9 crew members on Board could be accidentally shot down by Iranian air defense weaponry which are missiles of the Soviet and Russian production, as well as American missiles. Allegedly the plane may have been mistakenly shot down by Iranian forces after a rocket attack on American military bases in Iraq.

The vast majority of air defense systems to Iran morally and physically. There are significant problems with the availability of spare parts, which very often leads to a systems outage.

The most modern air defense systems to Iran are s-300 PMU-2 “Favorit”, delivered from Russia in 2016. Just had a set of four divisions after Russia refused an embargo on arms shipments to Iran in April 2015.

Note that these battalions With-300 is not part of the army of Iran, and are subject to the Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (IRGC), which is responsible for today’s rocket attack on US bases in Iraq.

Two division stationed in the district of Tehran, where crashed Boeing Ukrainian.

In addition, Iran has five divisions (each with 6 SAM), s-200VE “VEGA-e”, with the ability to hit targets at ranges of up to 240 kilometers. These AAMS were delivered from Russia in the early 1990-ies. Part C-200VE also located in Tehran.

In addition, the army of Iran and the IRGC has about 50 SAM “Square”, which are long worn out.

SAM, along with Soviet and Russian-made armed Iran is composed of air defense system, made in the USA, the UK and China: Chinese complex HQ-2J (copy of the Soviet S-75), SAM Chinese FM-80 (a copy of the French Crotale air defense system), American systems MIM-23B Improved Hawk, striking targets at ranges up to 40 km in altitude up to 18 kilometers, and British air defense system “rapier”. Is Iran and its own air defense system: complexes and Talash ad RA/RA ad-2. The army and the revolutionary guards of Iran consists of more than 3,500 MANPADS – Soviet “Strela-3” and Iranian copies of the Chinese modern MANPADS collection QW-11M Misagh-1 and 2.