Canadian security source says there is evidence 1 of the jet's engines had overheated. FMTNews Iran
Volodymyr Zelenskiy lays flowers at a memorial for the flight crew members.
The report by Iran’s civil aviation organisation cited witnesses on the ground and in a passing aircraft flying at high altitude as saying the jet was on fire while still aloft. The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies was that the plane had suffered a technical malfunction and had not been brought down by a missile, five security sources – three Americans, one European and the Canadian – who asked not to be named, told Reuters.
The Ukrainian airliner took off from the Tehran airport at 6.12am local time and was given permission to climb to 26,000 feet, the report said.Bodies and body parts recovered from the site of the crash have been taken to the coroner’s office for identification, the report said.
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