Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Also known as Crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on January 8, 2020, Crash of flight PS752 on January 8, 2020, PS752, AUI752, UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL 752
flight shot down by Iranian armed forces
Key facts
- Date
- 8 January 2020 ( 2020-01-08 )
- Summary
- Struck by two surface-to-air missiles ( Tor M-1 ) fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 737-8KV
- Operator
- Ukraine International Airlines
- Iata flight no
- PS752
- Icao flight no
- AUI752
- Call sign
- UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL 752
- Registration
- UR-PSR
- Flight origin
- Imam Khomeini International Airport , Tehran, Iran
- Destination
- Boryspil International Airport , Kyiv, Ukraine
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Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after takeoff, killing all 176 occupants on board.
Missiles were fired at the aircraft by the IRGC amidst heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. The incident occurred five days after the United States carried out the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and some hours after Iran retaliated with Operation Martyr Soleimani, in which the IRGC fired a dozen ballistic missiles on American forces; both the assassination and the missile strikes took place in Iraq.
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