Ukrainian Airline had "no information about possible threats," says CEO

Ukrainian Airline had "no information about possible threats," says CEO

Rescue teams gather at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed in Iran Wednesday.

The head of Ukraine International Airlines said that they had “no information about possible threats” to civilian aircraft on departure from either Kiev or Tehran airports, ahead of Wednesday's crash.

The airline's flight 752 was accidentally shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile last week.

"At the time of the departure from Boryspil airport, no information about possible threats was available,” UIA CEO, Yevgenii Dyhkne, said at a press conference in Kiev Saturday.
"At the time of departure from Tehran airport, similarly, we didn’t have any information and there were no decisions by the responsible administrations given to us,” he added.