Bodies of 11 Ukrainians Killed in Iran Plane Crash Sent Home

Bodies of 11 Ukrainians Killed in Iran Plane Crash Sent Home
Honor guards carry a coffin of one of the eleven Ukrainian victims of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane during a memorial ceremony at Borispil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 19, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
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KYIV, Ukraine—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.

They were among the 176 people killed in the Jan. 8 catastrophe, when a Ukrainian Airlines plane heading to Kyiv was brought down shortly after takeoff from Tehran. Iran acknowledged three days later that the plane was mistakenly hit by an anti-aircraft missile.