Aircraft parts from the wreckage of a Boeing Co.
737-800 aircraft, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, which crashed shortly after takeoff lie on the ground near Shahedshahr, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.Iran via state TV early Saturday morning announced its military's role in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board, saying the the shootdown was "unintentional" and blaming "human error.
The Boeing 737 airliner crashed just five minutes after takeoff on Wednesday Jan. 8, hours after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base which housed American forces, in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
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