Crew members of the Ukraine International Airlines arrive for a memorial ceremony for the eleven Ukrainian victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 plane disaster, at the Boryspil International Airport, outside Kiev, Ukraine January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport.
All 176 on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev were killed when the Boeing 737-800 was shot down on Jan. 8, at a time when Iran was on high alert for a U.S. attack.
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