Boeing 737-800 crash, Jan 8, 2020 (176 killed), Sabashahr
Boeing 737-800 accident on January 8, 2020 near Sabashahr, Tehran City District, Iran with 176 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by two surface to air...
- Date: January 8, 2020
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Sabashahr, Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 176
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Shot down by two surface to air missiles after being misidentified as a hostile target by an air defence unit
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by two surface to air missiles fired by Iranian air defence shortly after takeoff from Tehran on 8 January 2020 and crashed near Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. Iran first denied responsibility, then admitted the aircraft was shot down by mistake after being misidentified as a threat. Iran's final report cited an error in threat identification, which Canada's TSB called incomplete.