These questions about the plane crash in Tehran are still open
A Ukrainian plane crashed in Tehran in the morning. There is wild speculation about the cause. The most important questions that still need to be clarified.
One event after another shakes Iran. On Wednesday morning, in the middle of the conflict with the United States, a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed near Tehran. All inmates - currently 176 people are assumed - died.
But there is still plenty of room for speculation. The following questions are particularly important.
Cause: Was it a kill?
First, a technical error was blamed for the crash. This led to an engine fire. But new evidence suggests that it was not a defect.
The machine had already reached a height of 2400 meters after the start. "The probability of an error by the crew is minimal," said the airline's vice president .
Many experts do not rule out shooting down the machine. For example, the aviation expert Jakob Wert in the German “Bild”. He sees "quite similarities between this misfortune and plane shootings from the past". It definitely cannot be ruled out that it is a shooting down.
Machine: Was it damaged?
The aircraft type also raises questions. For example, in the midst of the Boeing crisis surrounding the unfortunate 737 Max, the predecessor model 737 NG had recently caused major difficulties. Exactly this model crashed in Tehran.
The Australian airline Qantas had discovered a crack in the fuselage of such a machine. As a result, over 30 machines were checked.
But Ukraine International Airlines fends off. The Boeing 737-800 NG was delivered to the Ukrainians in 2016 and would only have passed a technical inspection without problems on Monday.
Iranian experts are currently investigating the machine's black boxes. Iran refuses to hand over the recorded flight data from Boeing or the United States.
Does this video really show the machine crashing?
It has also not yet been clarified whether the following video by the BBC Iran correspondent Ali Hashem really shows the aircraft concerned.
Over two million people have already watched the video, newspapers around the world distributed it this morning. The video is supposed to show the Ukrainian Boeing as it falls from the sky like a fireball.
So far, it has not been confirmed whether the machine is really down.
One event after another shakes Iran. On Wednesday morning, in the middle of the conflict with the United States, a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed near Tehran. All inmates - currently 176 people are assumed - died.
But there is still plenty of room for speculation. The following questions are particularly important.
Cause: Was it a kill?
First, a technical error was blamed for the crash. This led to an engine fire. But new evidence suggests that it was not a defect.
The Ukrainian airline "Ukraine International Airlines" makes it clear: "It was one of our best planes with an excellent, reliable crew."#Breaking First footage of the Ukrainian airplane while on fire falling near #Tehran pic.twitter.com/kGxnBb7f1q— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) January 8, 2020
The machine had already reached a height of 2400 meters after the start. "The probability of an error by the crew is minimal," said the airline's vice president .
Many experts do not rule out shooting down the machine. For example, the aviation expert Jakob Wert in the German “Bild”. He sees "quite similarities between this misfortune and plane shootings from the past". It definitely cannot be ruled out that it is a shooting down.
Machine: Was it damaged?
The aircraft type also raises questions. For example, in the midst of the Boeing crisis surrounding the unfortunate 737 Max, the predecessor model 737 NG had recently caused major difficulties. Exactly this model crashed in Tehran.
The Australian airline Qantas had discovered a crack in the fuselage of such a machine. As a result, over 30 machines were checked.
But Ukraine International Airlines fends off. The Boeing 737-800 NG was delivered to the Ukrainians in 2016 and would only have passed a technical inspection without problems on Monday.
Iranian experts are currently investigating the machine's black boxes. Iran refuses to hand over the recorded flight data from Boeing or the United States.
Does this video really show the machine crashing?
It has also not yet been clarified whether the following video by the BBC Iran correspondent Ali Hashem really shows the aircraft concerned.
Over two million people have already watched the video, newspapers around the world distributed it this morning. The video is supposed to show the Ukrainian Boeing as it falls from the sky like a fireball.
So far, it has not been confirmed whether the machine is really down.
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