Boeing 737 crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff

Just after Iran’s retaliation in Iraq against the US forces, a Ukranian Boeing 737 crashed shortly after take-off from Iran’s international airport.

The Boeing 737, headed for Ukraine with 180 people on board, crashed just hours after the attack, which killed the notorious General Qassem Soleimani.

According to reports, the plane experienced “technical problems” at the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, the primary international airport of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Iranian media has also reported that the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed near Parand, a suburb southwest of capital Tehran.

Currently, an investigation team is surveying the site and there is no report on casualties yet, said civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh.

More to follow on the investigation.