At least 170 killed in Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 plane crash in Iran | USA TODAY

A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran shortly after takeoff.
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The Boeing 737-800 had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital when a fire struck one of its engines, said Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation Ministry. The pilot of the aircraft then lost control of the plane, sending it crashing into the ground, Biniaz said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

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