A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 has crashed shortly after flying out of Tehran. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister has indicated there were 63 Canadians on board. All 176 passengers and crew are reported deceased. A link to the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 passenger list is at the end of this story as is a helpline number provided by the airline.

There has been no evidence indicating the crash of the Ukrainian plane shortly after take off from Iran’s international airport in Tehran was linked to a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing US forces in Iraq.