Iranian authorities have said a Ukrainian airliner, which crashed outside Tehran killing all 176 people on board, turned back towards the airport after suffering a problem.
Both Canada and the United States called for a full investigation to determine the cause of Wednesday's crash, which came shortly after Tehran launched missiles at US troops in Iraq in response to the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike in Baghdad.
"According to eyewitnesses, a fire was seen on board the plane which grew in intensity," the organisation added, reporting the first findings of its investigation into the crash. About 30 came from the Iranian community around Edmonton, capital of Alberta province in western Canada, where resident Payman Parseyan described the tragedy as"devastating"."Every one of our community members was touched in one way or another," he told Canada's national broadcaster CBC.
According to aviation experts, only a handful of countries are capable of analysing black boxes - notably Britain, France, Germany and the United States.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would ensure a"thorough investigation" and that"Canadians' questions are answered".
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