All the light should be shed on the drama. Canadian experts dispatched to Tehran on Monday to investigate the crash of a Ukrainian Boeing, in which 176 people died last week, most of them Iranian-Canadians, will have access to the wreckage and black boxes of the aircraft. device, said Canadian officials.
Iran admitted on Saturday that it had "mistakenly" shot down Ukraine International Airlines' Boeing 737-800 shortly after takeoff on Wednesday. Fifty-seven of the victims were Canadians. "We do not know the extent that our investigation will take" but "our role will be very limited" under the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), recognized Kathy Fox, President of the Office of Safety Transportation Agency (TSB) at a press conference. However, "there are signs that Iran will allow the TSB to play a more active role than is normally allowed," she said.
Washington and Paris take part in the survey
Two Canadian TSB investigators were expected Monday evening in Tehran, and two more are expected to join them soon, she said. They were invited by Iran, who is conducting the investigation, to assist in the decryption of the Boeing black boxes, which record the technical parameters of the flight and the crew's exchanges, she said. Canadian investigators will also have access to the accident site and will be able to witness the reconstruction of the wreckage in a nearby hangar. Unlike Ukraine, the United States and France, which will participate fully in the survey as "accredited representatives", Canada will only have an "expert" role under Annex 13 of ICAO, said Kathy Fox.
The chronic tension between Iran and the United States came to an abrupt end on January 3 with the elimination by Washington of an important Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, in Iraq, followed by Iranian reprisals with missile strikes against two US military bases in Iraq on January 8, a few hours before the Boeing was shot down. In addition, ten officials from the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also expected Monday evening in Tehran, where they will be responsible for identifying and repatriating the Canadian victims of the accident.
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Crash: Iran finally admits to shooting down Ukrainian plane by "mistake"
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