The wreckage was strewn over a wide area, with no survivors found at the crash site.There were 167 passengers and nine crew members on the flight.Of the 167 passengers, 138 were travelling to Canada via Ukraine.In addition to six flight attendants, the crew consisted of The head of the commission for accidents in the CAOI said they received no emergency message from the aircraft before the crash.On 9 January, media reports showed bulldozers being used to clear the crash site.

Iran Press/Handout via REUTERS Iran acknowledged three days later that the plane was mistakenly hit by an anti-aircraft missile. I don't want to say that because other people have their suspicions also," he told reporters Thursday afternoon.

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"We have lots to contribute, and we have lost much," he said of the 63 Canadians killed in the crash, many of whom were in transit back to Canada from Iran. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Relatives of one of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, stand at a memorial inside Borispil international airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.

The missile strike put his government in the middle of a conflict between the United States and Iran, and he has walked a fine line as his country sought answers from Tehran.On the morning of the crash, Iranian air defenses had been on high alert after Tehran launched ballistic missiles at two American bases in Iraq in response to the United States’ killing of a top Iranian general in Baghdad. The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine on Sunday for a farewell ceremony.

FARS Warning - thread Ukraine: *VERY GRAPHIC* MH17 crash site- charred bodies lie among burning debris might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. REMAINS of the two Ukrainians killed in a plane crash early this month have been flown home. Iran was anticipating retaliation to its missile strikes on the bases.Though the Ukrainian government quickly concluded that a missile had downed the plane, killing all 176 people aboard, it refrained from public criticism of Tehran until its investigative team on the ground had found irrefutable proof, including shrapnel holes in the plane’s fuselage.American, Canadian and British leaders blamed Iran for the tragedy before the Ukrainian government spoke out.