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Ukrainian Plane Crashes in Iran

VOA News

   Iranian state media reported Wednesday a Ukrainian passenger plane
   carrying 180 people crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in
   Tehran.

   There was no immediate word on injuries.

   The reports said the suspected cause of the crash was mechanical
   issues.

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