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Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use ( A PLANE that crashed killing 176 people hours after an Iranian missile strike on US bases was “likely” shot down and wreckage shows “obvious projectile holes”, experts say. The Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines jet came down shortly after taking off from Tehran Airport in Iran this morning, killing everyone on board. The tragedy came just hours after Tehran fired at least 15 ballistic missiles at two US bases in Iraq, sparking fears it could have been shot down by mistake by jittery Iranian air defences. Iran blamed “technical problems” for the deadly fireball, and have locked down the crash site and refused to release the black boxes to international authorities. But aviation experts have now suggested a “shootdown” was the most likely explanation for the disaster. The OPS group, an aviation risk monitoring group, said: “We would recommend the starting assumption to be that this was a shootdown event, similar to MH17 – until there is clear evidence to the contrary." They highlighted pictures of the crash site which they said "show obvious projectile holes in the fuselage and a wing section". Aviation expert Julian Bray told Sun Online: "This is catastrophic and not the type of crash that comes from an engine failing. There would have been nothing that anyone could do. "It is very unusual, you would expect to see some wreckage but all we can see here is debris." But he added that it was too early to say for sure what caused the crash, with other experts agreeing. THE LATEST Ukraine has now dropped its initial “engine failure” reference after it is revealed pilots did not make any kind of mayday call from the 2016-built plane. Ukraine banned flights through Iranian airspace in response. Ukraine President has instructed prosecutors to open criminal proceedings on the crash. Iran has refused to give the plane’s black boxes to Boeing, but says both have been found. Iran’s civil aviation authority is investigating. BLACK BOX The plane’s black box flight recorders have since been found, with one Iranian official saying they were damaged but their data could still be retrieved. However, Iran is refusing to hand them over to international authorities, Reuters reports. Iranian media said the Boeing 737 came down after "technical problems" and quoted an aviation chief who said no emergency had been declared. Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran's Road and Transportation authority, claimed one of its engines caught fire, causing the pilot to lose control. But the aircraft was new in 2016 and was last checked just two days ago, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. BALL OF FLAMES And jet engine maker CFM slammed claims the crash was caused by engine failure, saying it was too early to speculate on wh
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