Ukraine Boeing with more than 160 onboard comes down

The aircraft, said to be flight number PS752, took off at around 6.14am local time and reached 7,952ft. Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency services, earlier told state television: "The plane is on fire but we have sent crews ...and we may be able to save some passengers." Ali Kashani, spokesman for Imam Khomeini International Airport, told Fars news agency the plane "crashed around Parand", about 60 kilometres south-west of Tehran.