WATCH: Video Shows Moment Ukrainian Plane Plummets To Ground ‘After Being Shot Down By Iran Missile’

Video has emerged overnight which is believed to show the moment an Iranian missile downed Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752.

The video – sent to and verified by the New York Times – showed the moment the apparent missile struck the plane over Iran.

The video shows a fast-moving object rising before a fiery explosion. An object, apparently on fire, then continues in a different direction.

Investigative journalists at Bellingcat later geolocated the video to a residential area in Parand, a suburb to the west of Imam Khomeini International Airport, from which the plane took off.

British Prime minister Boris Johnson said there is now a ‘body of information’ indicating the plane was hit with an Iranian surface to air missile.

It followed announcements by Donald Trump, who said he had seen satellite footage of the moment the missile hit, and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau saying that his own intelligence and that of his country’s allies made him believe Iran was behind the crash.

The leaders have said the fiery missile strike could well have been a mistake amid rocket launches and high tension throughout the region.

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metro.co.uk