Lithuanian Foreign Ministry supports open investigation into UIA plane crash

10.01.2020 15:50

Ukrinform

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius fully supports calls for an open and thorough international investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran.

"Full support for calls for an open and thorough international investigation into the crash of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752. Those responsible for this catastrophe must be held accountable,” he wrote on Twitter on January 10.

Earlier, the Lithuanian foreign minister expressed his sincere condolences to the families of those killed in the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines plane in Tehran.

As reported, a Ukraine International Airlines plane (Flight PS752) heading from Tehran to Kyiv crashed shortly after taking off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport at about 06:00 Tehran time (04:30 Kyiv time) on Wednesday, January 8.

There were 176 people on board the aircraft - 167 passengers (including two Ukrainians) and nine crew (all Ukrainians). Most of the victims of the Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran are citizens of Iran (82) and Canada (63). Those killed in the crash also include ten Swedes, four citizens of Afghanistan, three Germans, and three Britons.

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