Iran blames air defence operator error for 2020 Ukraine plane crash: final report
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MarMarch 2021 at 8:47pm
Rescue workers search the scene where the Ukraine International plane was shot down, south-west of Iran's capital Tehran.
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Iran's civil aviation body says an error by an air defence operator led to the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020.
Key points:
The report said a radar mistake led to the plane being identified as hostile
Ukraine has rejected the report's findings
All 176 people on board died.
"The plane was identified as a hostile target due to a mistake by the air defence operator … near Tehran and two missiles were fired at it," the aviation body's report said.