BIG: Ukraine International Airlines reveals that crashed aircraft was checked 2 days ago

In an important development, Ukraine International Airlines on Wednesday revealed that maintenance of crashed Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft was carried out just two days ago, i.e January 6, 2020. Moreover, it stated that aircraft was built in 2016 and was directly supplied to airline by Boeing. So far, Boeing has taken te of incident and is garing more information about plane crash in Tehran. Many rumours have been doing rounds regarding connection of current US-Iran impasse to UIA plane crash. 

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Boeing aircraft faces criticism

Boeing has faced a lot of criticism due to its aircraft being involved in numerous crashes in last few years. 737-800 aircraft has been involved in dely accidents such as crash of Air India Express flight in Mangalore in 2010 and crash of  FlyDubai flight in Russia in March 2016. Meanwhile, 737 Max 8 aircraft which belongs to same family as 737-800 has been grounded since two horrific accidents took place in Indonesia and Ethiopia within 6 months. Some reports suggest that a new automatic flight control feature on planes could be one of causes behind crash of Boeing aircraft. 

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Investigation to be conducted

According to Ukraine International Airlines' statement, flight took off from Tehran International airport at 6.10 am local time on Wednesday. Approximately 167 passengers and 9 crew members were on board.  Furrmore, it stated that  incident will be investigated by aviation authorities of Iran and Ukraine, representatives of manufacturer Boeing, airline and National Bureau of Air Accidents Investigation of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian embassy in Iran, plane h crashed due to engine failure rar than an act of terrorism.  

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