Ukraine rejects Iran's final report on downed passenger plane
The Iranian government said last year's shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was the result of a human error.
The Iranian government has concluded that the fatal shooting down of a Ukrainian plane last year was the result of human error. Ukraine, however, has rejected the findings.
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport for Kiev on Jan. 8, 2020. Shortly after takeoff, the plane was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which led to the deaths of all 176 people on board. At the time, Iran was conducting retaliatory strikes against the US military in Iraq following the death of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani. Many of the victims were dual nationals of Iran and Canada, and there were also citizens of Ukraine, Sweden and other countries aboard the flight.
The Iranian government’s final report on the incident concluded that an air defense operator mistook the plane for a hostile target and fired two missiles at it, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The Ukrainian foreign minister rejected the report, however, saying it was “biased” and “deceptive.”
