NDA (I & II) 2020 General Ability Test · Question 69 of 148

Correct — B, Ukraine International Airlines. On 8 January 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 bound for Kyiv, was brought down by Iranian air-defence missiles minutes after take-off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport, killing all 176 people on board. Iran later admitted it had downed the aircraft by mistake amid heightened tensions with the United States.

• (a)Qatar Airways — Qatar Airways had no involvement in the January 2020 Tehran crash.
• (c)Singapore Airlines — No Singapore Airlines aircraft was involved in this incident.
• (d)Cathay Pacific — The Hong Kong carrier had no connection to Flight PS752.

Flight PS752 was a Ukraine International Airlines service from Tehran to Kyiv, downed on 8 January 2020 by two Iranian surface-to-air missiles during a period of Iran-US military tension. It was one of the year's major aviation disasters.

The clues — Tehran departure, around 170 dead, January 2020 — point to the Ukrainian jet; the other three carriers are unconnected to the event.

• Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was downed on 8 January 2020.
• It was a Boeing 737-800 en route from Tehran to Kyiv.
• All 176 people aboard were killed.
• Iran admitted its air defences had shot the aircraft down 'by mistake'.

• Guessing a Gulf carrier because the crash occurred in Iran.
• Overlooking that the aircraft was Ukrainian and bound for Kyiv.

Asked as a straightforward current-affairs recall of the airline in a headline crash.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 (January 2020) was brought down over which country?

  • (a)Iraq
  • (b)Iran
  • (c)Ukraine
  • (d)Turkey

  Answer(b) Iran — shortly after take-off from Tehran.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Flight PS752 was an aircraft made by which manufacturer?

  • (a)Airbus
  • (b)Boeing
  • (c)Embraer
  • (d)Bombardier

  Answer(b) Boeing — a 737-800.