Mr Esmaeilpour said the family were in Iran for a short vacation, and that his friend Ardalan had expressed concerns to him before leaving about the security situation there, but eventually decided to go on the trip. In Vancouver, Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi, and their teenage son Kamyar were on the flight, confirmed family friend Kei Esmaeilpour, with the Civic Association of Iranian-Canadians. "You look at the odds of such a thing happening to you," said Seyed Hossein Mortazavi with disbelief, "but I suppose that's fate. Sixty-three Canadian nationals were among those who died in the crash, and 138 passengers were headed to Canada, making it the country's worst aviation disaster in 35 years, the Guardian reported. 24 of the Canadian victims hailed from EdmontonThe Iranian regime has insisted the plane's engine caught fire causing a loss of control, but has fueled suspicion of foul-play by refusing to hand over the craft's black boxes. There were dozens of Canadians among the 176 people who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Wednesday afternoon, that 138 out of the 176 passengers who died in the fatal crash were supposed to land in Canada.Friends and family in Canada were left to consult a Payman Paseyan, a member of the Iranian-Canadian community in Edmonton, said his friend Pedram Mousavi, an engineering professor at the University of Alberta, died along with his wife Mojgan Daneshmand and their daughters Daria Mousavi and Dorina Mousavi.Mousavi and Daneshmand were engineering professors at the University of Alberta.
Iran plane crash: Vigil held for victims in Toronto Iran plane crash: The victims of Ukraine Flight PS752 Iran plane crash: Ukraine International Airline jet crashes killing 176 Iran plane crash: Tehran won't give Boeing or US black boxes Iran plane crash: Tributes to three British nationals killed Thousands of the planes are used by airlines around the world.The black boxes (pictured) from the Ukrainian airliner were found today but Iran says it will not hand them over to BoeingPieces of debris are seen lying at the crash site in a picture released by an Iranian news agency today, showing what appeared to be holes in the fuselage of the Boeing aircraft Introduced in the late 1990s, it is an older model than the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded for nearly 10 months following the two deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.According to flight tracking data from FlightRadar24, the jet which crashed today reached an altitude of 7,925ft before tracking suddenly ended after three minutes.The plane had been delayed from taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran by almost an hour.The jet was new and had been checked two days ago, the Ukrainian airline said. "He was very intelligent, a gentleman.
He was young and very kind. Azhdari's partner, Hamed Alibeiki, also diedHusband and wife, Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi and Niloufar Razzaghi, were killed along with their teen son, Kamyar Ebnoddin Hamidi (all pictured), while heading home to Vancouver after a holidaysAnother family, from Edmonton, Canada, was also wiped out.
He never expected they wouldn’t return.Zahra Naghibi was a colleague of Jacqueline Stagner at the University of Windsor. Their wedding was just three days ago.Golnaz Shaverdi, cousin of Arasteh’s wife, said the family is devastated by news of his death, especially his new bride, Maral, who remains in Iran.“She’s devastated,” Shaverdi said.
Ghanimat Azhdari was a student in the department of geography and Milad Ghasemi was a student in marketing. Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand with their two daughters "She was full of dreams, and now they're gone," Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC between sobs. READ MORE: Ontario creating scholarships to honour of victims of Iran plane crash Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Ottawa will provide $25,000 to … "Ms Lari's brother, Mohammad Asadi Lari, also died in the crash. Both were distinguished academics who had received their bachelors degrees from the University of Science & Technology in Iran and pursued further education in Canada.In 2016, Daneshmand received an award for her contribution to the field of microwave engineering and for being a “They had two young girls with them. 'The plane was in working order,' UIA company president Yevgeniy Dykhne told a briefing in Kyiv where he choked back tears.