Ukrainian officials confirmed that 63 Canadians were among the 176 people who list their lives on the airplane that crashed in Iran today. The plane crashed minutes after take off . According to CBC news, Canada’s minster of Transportation is in contacts with Ukrainian counterparts to assess the situation .
Canada offered technical assistance to the Ukrainian airlines in investigating the causes of the crash . There were also 82 Iranians, 11 Ukrainians and some Swedish, Afghanistan, British and German citizens among the causalities .
Canada’s Prime minister said he was shocked and saddened by the crash of the Ukrainian passenger plane n Tehran and promised Canada will work with international bodies to ensure that its citizens have enough answer around the crash
” Our government will continue to work closely with its international partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated, and that Canadians’ questions are answered,” Trudeau said in a statement Wednesday morning. ” Trudeau tweets.
Iranian officials suspected mechanical problem while Ukrainian officials refrained from pointing out possible causes before a full blown investigations .
