An electronic board, which displays information on flights including the one from Tehran marked as cancelled, is seen at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kiev, Ukraine January 8, 2020. Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KIEV/WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause.
The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800, en route to Kiev and carrying mostly Iranians and Iranian-Canadians, crashed hours after Iran fired missiles at bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq, leading some to speculate that the plane may have been hit.
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