Ukrainian Airlines plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed Wednesday morning just minutes after takeoff from Tehran, Iran!
This came on the same night that Iran fired over a dozen missiles at US bases in Iraq.
Al Hadath Dubai News reported a missile took down the Ukrainian flight after the crash on Wednesday.
Tweets were translated)
Al Hadath: Preliminary images of the Ukrainian plane suspected of being hit by an Iranian missile.
Ukrainian officials on Thursday said they want to investigate the crash site for missile parts after images appeared on the internet.
And photos of the Ukrainian flight show shrapnel damage on the wings and fuselage.
More photos by Heshmat Alavi.
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Surface to air missiles explode near their target to spray it with shrapnel. This increases the impact ratio significantly.Images from PS752 shows clear signs of shrapnel.
(via @Azematt) pic.twitter.com/FxzAZO4Pmt— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 8, 2020
On Thursday— US OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE UKRAINIAN JETLINER WAS SHOT DOWN!
Via CBS News:
#BREAKING: @CBSNews has learned U.S. officials are confident that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in the hours after the Iranian missile attack on U.S. targets.
176 people were killed, including at least 63 Canadians. pic.twitter.com/g149hAcui0
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) January 9, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters there is evidence the Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran — killing 176 people including 63 Canadians — was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says evidence shows a Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran — killing 176 people including 63 Canadians — was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. pic.twitter.com/8Y1BzXOYv6
— News Breakfast (@BreakfastNews) January 9, 2020
And now it appears the Iranian regime picked the site of the airline crash clean.
Virtually all of the pieces of the plane were removed.
And the crash site is not cordoned off.
Via Heshmat Alavi.
Quoting @elizapalmer
"CBS crew just visited the #Ukrainian airlines crash site west of Tehran. 9 am local time. Virtually all pieces of the plane were removed yesterday – say locals. Scavengers now picking site clean. No security. Not cordoned off. No sign of any investigators." pic.twitter.com/vY1PLAz5EY— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 10, 2020
And new photos make it appear like the crash site was bulldozed to hide the evidence.
Jan 10 – West of Tehran, #Iran
Photo shows the crash site of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 bulldozed by regime authorities.
All the while, Tehran "welcomes" foreign investigators.#IranPlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/hdKRGWLf8a
— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 10, 2020
Iran denies the site was bulldozed.
#Iran envoy denies #PS752 crash site bulldozed. https://t.co/aacsUUl9Z9
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 10, 2020
No wonder the Dems love these guys — their first instinct is to cover things up too.
