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B-737 plane crash. Canada: "shot down by missile", Iran: "big lie"

Tehran asks Washington to await the results of the investigation

The plot of the mystery surrounding the crash of the Ukraine Airlines B-737 plane in Tehran which killed 176 people thickens (see AVIONEWS). Iran strongly rejects statements by Canadian President Justin Trudeau: "According to several sources from both the allies and our own intelligence, the aircraft was shot down by an Iranian missile". And he adds that however "it may have been unintended". British...

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Kíev, Ukraine, 01/10/2020 10:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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