10 B.C. residents among 63 Canadians killed in Tehran plane crash
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:21:40 +0000
At least 10 B.C. residents were among 63 Canadians killed when a Boeing 737 plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran Wednesday.
Iran‘s ISNA news agency named Delaram Dadashnejad as one of the victims, according to a Reuters story. The young student’s B.C. identity card was found among the wreckage. The card had a UBC address but the university says she was not registered to attend to UBC.
Dadashnejad was studying English at Langara College, according to the Langara website.
B.C. student Delaram Dadashnejad has been named as one of the victims in Wednesday’s plane crash in Tehran.
Arash Azrahimi, who owns Rosewood Photography in North Vancouver, said some of the victims were his clients, including a mother, Ayeshe Pourghaderi and her daughter Fatemah Pasavand, who lived in North Vancouver.
Vancouver couple Mohammad Saket and Fatemah Kazerani were also killed in the crash, according to relative Farzad Taheri. Taheri said Saket was an engineer and Kazerani was a dental hygienist.
Vancouver couple Mohammad Saket and Fatemeh Kazerani were killed in the plane crash Wednesday in Tehran. Photo courtesy of Arash Azrahimi.
Three members of a Coquitlam family have also been identified as victims – Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Kamyar Ebnoddin Hamidi, and Niloofar Razzaghi.
Ardalan Evnoddin-Hamidi, 48, Niloofar Razzaghi, 45, and, Hamyar Ebnoddin Hamidi, 15, of Coquitlam were among the passengers killed when Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday.
The Boeing Co. 737-800 jetliner bound for Ukraine that crashed after takeoff in Iran, was most likely brought down by an engine fire, according to the Reuters story.
Ukraine International Airlines said all 167 passengers and nine crew members on board the plane died in the crash.
B.C. student Delaram Dadashnejad has been named as one of the victims in Wednesday’s plane crash in Tehran.
B.C. student Delaram Dadashnejad has been named as one of the victims in Wednesday’s plane crash in Tehran.
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-With files from Reuters