A Ukrainian plane which crashed outside Tehran earlier this week had flown close to a sensitive military site and was brought down due to human error, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran says.
Iran in its statement termed the downing of the plane as “human error”.
#Ukrainian plane was "unintentionally" & based on "human error" was hit by a military site, General Staff of #Iranian Armed Forces has issued a statement this morning offering an "apology" to families of victims & foreign nationals
— Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) January 11, 2020
A Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran during takeoff a few hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at US forces in Iraq.
