- Date
- January 8, 2020, 02:40 local (02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tehran, Iran
- Injuries
- 176 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UR-PSRBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100787
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Iran has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on January 08, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Iran's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Iran.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UR-PSR
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Ukraine International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport