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A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard, Iranian state TV and officials in Ukraine said. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital when a fire struck one of its engines, said Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran's Road and Transportation Ministry. The pilot of the aircraft then lost control of the plane, sending it crashing into the ground, Biniaz said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
The plane carried 167 passengers and nine crew members from different nations on its flight to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Biniaz said. (Reuters Photo) 
In this photo, part of the wreckage from Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 plane was seen near the crash site. (Reuters Photo) 
Flight data from the airport showed a Ukrainian 737-800 flown by Ukraine International Airlines took off Wednesday morning, then stopped sending data almost immediately afterward, according to website FlightRadar24. (Reuters Photo) -
In this photo, one of the engines of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 plane was seen, which is crashed after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on January 8, 2020. (Reuters Photo)
The majority of the passengers were Iranian nationals, Russia's RIA Novosti agency reported, citing Iranian authorities. (Reuters Photo) 
A relative of a victim of the Ukraine International Airlines PS 752 plane that crashed after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport reacts at Boryspil International Airport, outside Kiev, Ukraine. The crash killed all on board, Iranian emergency officials and Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said. (Reuters Photo) 
Staff at the Boryspil airport in Kyiv, where the plane was headed, told media persons that passengers on this flight are usually Iranian students coming back to Ukraine after winter holidays. (Reuters Photo) 
The Boeing 737-800 is a very common single-aisle, twin-engine jetliner used for short to medium-range flights. Thousands of the planes are used by airlines around the world. (Reuters Photo) 
Introduced in the late 1990s, it is an older model than the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded for nearly 10 months following two deadly crashes. (Reuters Photo)
