Justin Trudeau vows to 'get answers' after Ukrainian passenger jet crash in Iran that killed 176, including 63 Canadians, as Tehran refuses to hand over jet's black box
- The Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737 jet came down just minutes after take-off from Tehran today
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were no survivors among the 168 passengers and nine crew
- Ukraine's foreign ministry revealed there were 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians and three Britons on flight PS752
- Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau vowed to ensure that the crash was 'thoroughly investigated'
- Iran said an engine had caught fire and video appeared to show the plane already on fire as it fell from the sky
- The plane was less than four years old and had been checked just two days earlier, the Ukrainian airline said
- It crashed hours after Iran attacked US bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani
- Experts struggled to explain it with one group saying starting assumption should be an MH17-style event
Iran has pointed the finger at 'technical difficulties' and says the pilot lost control after an engine caught fire in mid-air, but Tehran is refusing to say what will happen to the black boxes.
Video footage appeared to show the plane already burning before it fell out of the night sky, while pictures at the crash site showed the fuselage peppered with mysterious holes.
The Boeing plane was less than four years old and had been checked just two days earlier, with 'one of our best crews' manning the aircraft, the Ukrainian airline said.
The disaster will heap further pressure on Boeing which was thrown into crisis by two plane crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 which killed a combined 346 people - especially if Iran's claims are proved true.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry revealed there were 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians and three Britons on flight PS752, along with 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans and four Germans.
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Pieces of debris are seen lying at the crash site in a picture released by an Iranian news agency today, showing what appeared to be holes in the fuselage of the Boeing aircraft