Immediately after takeoff the pilots of the crashed

the Head of civil aviation Organization of Iran Ali Abedzadeh reported that the pilots of the Boeing 737 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran airport, no control tower.

the representative of the Minister Reza jafarzade also confirmed that local media, adding that wireless communication between the aircraft and the control tower were cut off immediately after the takeoff of the ship, RIA Novosti reported.

Boeing 737 Ukraine International airlines, departing on the morning of 8 January at Tehran international airport Imam Khomeini to Kiev, crashed shortly after takeoff.

Killed 167 passengers — citizens of seven countries, most of them Iranians, and 9 crew members — citizens of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that two people who bought tickets for this flight, did not fly.

Possible causes of the collapse of the TV channel “Russia 24” commented the Merited pilot of Russia Yury Sytnik. He believes that the cause of the accident could not be a fire engine.