Denis Rook, гражданские авиавласти собирали обломки с утра.
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation (CAOI) chief Ali Abedzadeh said: “The plane, which was initially headed west to leave the airport zone, turned right following a problem and was headed back to the airport at the moment of the crash.”
Mr Abedzadeh added that witnesses saw the plane “on fire” before the crash, and that pilots had not made any distress calls before trying to return to Imam Khomeini airport.
“Scientifically, it is impossible that a missile hit the Ukrainian plane, and such rumours are illogical,” he said.