On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed less than four minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
As Ukrainain officials, journalists and the public struggled to gain an understanding of what had happened, footage shared online provided the first window into the crash.
Read more: Ukrainian plane crashes in Iran, killing 176 people, including 11 Ukrainians
One of the first videos online was published by Ali Hashem, the Iran correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
#Breaking First footage of the Ukrainian airplane while on fire falling near #Tehran pic.twitter.com/kGxnBb7f1q
— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) January 8, 2020
BBC Persian Service correspondent Bahman Kalbasi soon tweeted a video of the wreckage, which showed a field littered with airplane fragments.
Nothing left of it. This is gut wrenching-> pic.twitter.com/kQ8q5EnjZd
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) January 8, 2020
The Telegram messenger channel of the the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, a state news agency, also published a video that appears to depict the immediate aftermather of the crash. It shows fragments of the plane still on fire.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty also published footage of the aftermath of the crash.
Aviation Newsroom, an account that provides aviation news updates, tweeted a video featuring aerial footage of the crash site.
#Update Aerial footage shows #Ukrainian passenger jet crash site @Boeing #B737 #PS752 pic.twitter.com/o0ZEXVRTuj
— Aviation Newsroom (@Aviation_NewsTW) January 8, 2020
#Update The latest video of crash site #PS752 pic.twitter.com/FcbeOqxIZO
— Aviation Newsroom (@Aviation_NewsTW) January 8, 2020
Quicktake by Bloomberg, Bloomberg Media’s social video news network, continues to tweet updates in it’s thread following the events at the crash site.
MORE: At least 167 passengers and 9 crew members on flight #PS752 are confirmed dead, reports Iran’s state news agency IRNA pic.twitter.com/48acxMgNEQ
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) January 8, 2020
Bags, shoes and other personal items.
Authorities sort through debris found on flight #PS752, where all 176 people on board have been confirmed dead. More @business: https://t.co/o0NfjcDPDX pic.twitter.com/Ez2Px7SkmW
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) January 8, 2020
Twitter user Arshia tweeted a video showing people walking through the rubble shortly after the crash.
#ps752 #ukraine pic.twitter.com/7d55BIxhdg
— Arshia (@ars__hii) January 8, 2020
