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All 176 people on board the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran. A pair of university lecturers and students were among the 63 Canadian victims.

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Rescue workers at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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A security official examines a piece of wreckage at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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Passengers' belongings at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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An engine lies on the ground after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran.-/AFP/Getty Images

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Rescue teams work amidst debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran.-/AFP/Getty Images

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Part of the wreckage from Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.IRAN PRESS/Reuters

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Rescue workers carry items retrieved from the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran.Ebrahim Noroozi/The Associated Press

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Rescue teams work amidst debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran.-/AFP/Getty Images

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In this photo taken on Saturday, May 26, 2018, showing the actual Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 UR-PSR plane that crashed Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran.The Associated Press

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Debris is scattered over a soccer field near the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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First responders at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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A relative of a passenger grieves at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines crash on the outskirts of Tehran.Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times News Service

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Bodies of the victims of a Ukrainian plane crash are collected by rescue team at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran.The Associated Press

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A child's shoe is pictured on January 8, 2020 at the scene of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran.BORNA GHASSEMI/AFP/Getty Images

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A woman with her daughter arrive to lay flowers outside the Canadian Embassy in Kiev on in remembrance of the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash in the Iraninan capital Tehran.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images

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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent on January 8, 2020 shows rescue teams working at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. - All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on January 8, Iranian state media reported. State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft operated by Ukraine International Airlines.HO/AFP/Getty Images

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Rescue workers search the scene where an Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane with more than 170 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard.Ebrahim Noroozi/The Associated Press

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Debris of a plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines, that crashed after taking off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, is seen on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran.WANA NEWS AGENCY/Reuters

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