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Boeing Shares Rise on Speculation Missile Downed Ukrainian Jet

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Rescue workers search the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 which crashed shortly after takeoff near Shahedshahr, Iran, on Jan. 8.Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg

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By Arsalan Shahla, Aliaksandr Kudrytski, and Alan Levin

January 9, 2020 at 7:16 AM UTC

Updated on

January 9, 2020 at 4:45 PM UTC

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Boeing Co. shares rose on reports that an accidental missile strike or terrorist bomb, rather than mechanical mishap, may be responsible for the crash of Ukrainian jet near Tehran on Wednesday.

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 disappeared from radar screens at 8,000 feet, and witnesses said they saw it on fire in the air, according to Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization. The flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders were damaged but their core memory appears to be accessible, a report by the aviation organization said.