Published 17:23 IST, January 9th 2020

Iran officials reveal Ukrainian plane had turned back after detecting problem

Iranian investigators reporting the first findings of their investigation into the Ukrainian plane crash revealed that it had turned back after detecting glitch

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Iranian investigators reporting  first findings of  Ukrainian plane crash revealed that pilot h turned back plane after detecting a problem. On Wednesday, airline crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran resulting in loss of 176 lives.

Heed back at moment

plane was initially heed west to leave airport zone but n turned right following a glitch and was heed back to airport at moment of crash, Iranian civil aviation organisation wrote on its website late on Wednesday. organisation furr said that plane disappeared from rar screens moment it reached 8,000 feet though pilot sent rio mess about unusual circumstances. Iranian organisation said, 

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“According to eyewitnesses, a fire was seen on board plane which grew in intensity."

On Thursday, Iranian investigators said that crew members of Ukrainian jetliner that crashed previous day never me a rio call for help and were trying to turn back to airport when plane went down. Iran’s civil aviation authority me comments in a preliminary crash report a day after crash of Ukrainian jetliner that killed all 176 people on board. investigators also said that plane was engulfed in fire before it crashed. y said crash caused a massive explosion when plane hit ground, likely because aircraft h been fully loed with fuel for flight to Kyiv, Ukraine.

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report also confirmed that both of so-called “black boxes” that contain data and cockpit communications from plane h been recovered, though y h damd and some parts of ir memory were lost. It also said that investigators have initially ruled out laser or electromagnetic interference for causing crash. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, meanwhile, said crash investigators from his country h arrived in Iran to assist in probe. He also said he planned to call Iranian President Hassan Rouhani about crash and investigation.

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17:23 IST, January 9th 2020