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Major international airlines are canceling and re-routing flights in the Middle East after the reports of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Iran on Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board. Iran is facing mounting pressure to explain the destruction of a civilian airliner near Tehran hours after Iranian forces launched …

Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …