Video appears to show the moment a missile hit the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran

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• As US and Canadian officials said on Thursday that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed outside Tehran likely because it was shot down, a video emerged on social media and messaging apps appearing to show the moment a missile struck the plane.
• The video was verified by The New York Times on Thursday.
• The plane, which was bound for Kyiv, crashed minutes after taking off early Wednesday, shortly after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at US forces in Iraq. US officials have said they think the plane was shot down by mistake, as Iranian defense systems were likely active at the time.
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A video circulating on social media and private chats in the messaging app Telegram appears to show the moment a surface-to-air missile struck a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran early Wednesday.

The video was verified by a New York Times investigative team on Thursday.

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