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BP engineer among three British nationals killed in Ukrainian plane crash

08/01/2020

Two of the three British nationals killed when a Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran have been named.

BP engineer Sam Zokaei and Laing O'Rourke engineer Saeed Tahmasebi were on board the plane that set off from Tehran towards Kyiv.

They were among the 176 people from seven countries who died.

In a statement, BP said: "With the deepest regret, we can confirm that one of our colleagues at BP, Sam Zokaei, was a passenger on the Ukrainian International Airlines plane that crashed in Iran this morning, reportedly with no survivors.

"We are shocked and deeply saddened by this tragic loss of our friend and colleague and all of our thoughts are with his family and friends."

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