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Tehran, Jan 8 (EFE).- There were no survivors from the Ukraine International Airlines crash on Wednesday near Tehran, according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA.

Around 170-180 people are estimated to have been traveling on the Boeing 737 plane bound for Kiev when it crashed after taking off from Imam Khomeini Airport, owing to technical failure.

According to Iran's emergency spokesman Moytaba Khaledi, 10 ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident.

Red Crescent said on Twitter that it had dispatched helicopters to the site along with ambulances and emergency response teams.

It posted pictures of burnt debris strewn across a field.

The plane crashed in an area between the cities of Shahed and Parand.

The aircraft's manufacturer Boeing has been facing a deep crisis following two accidents involving its flagship 737 MAX model, causing 346 deaths. The production of this model has been suspended.

The most serious plane crash in Iran in recent times occurred in February 2018, when an ATR-72 belonging to Iran Aseman Airlines crashed in a mountainous area in the center of the country, killing all 59 passengers and six crew members on board. EFE

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