Ukraine Plane Crashes in Iran, No Passengers Alive

A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 people crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran, killing all on board, Iran state media reported.

The Boeing 737 had left Tehran’s international airport bound for Kyiv, ISNA said.

"Obviously it is impossible that passengers on flight PS-752 are alive," Red Crescent head Morteza Salimi told, adding that 170 passengers and crew were on the plane.

State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members had boarded the aircraft, which was operated by Ukraine International Airlines.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed all those on board the plane were killed.

"According to preliminary data, all passengers and crew members are dead," he wrote on Facebook of the Ukraine International Airlines plane, which was bound for Kyiv.