Plane with at least 170 onboard crashes in Iran
Debris from the crash of a Boeing 737-800 was found on the outskirts of Tehran on Wednesday. There were no survivors on the Ukraine-bound plane carrying 176 passengers.
An investigation team was at the site of the crash in the southwestern outskirts of Tehran, officials said. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital. Another view of debris from Wednesday’s plane crash. The Boeing 737-800 is a very common single-aisle, twin-engine jetliner used for short to medium-range flights.
A rescue worker searches the scene of the plane crash. The aircraft never made it above 8,000 feet in the air, according to data from the flight-tracking website FlightRadar24. Another view of the debris from Wednesday’s plane crash. The crash came hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces in retaliation for the killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
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