Canadian Foreign Minister Francois Philippe Champaign said that Canada and its allies have overcome months of Iranian "stalling" to finally obtain the records of the Ukrainian plane brought down by Tehran, refusing to justify the human error behind the crash.
Champaign told reporters that it is not possible under any circumstance to accept - at this age - that the downing of a civilian plane was only a "human error".
He pointed out that this step was highly required by Iran and long awaited in the investigation, saying, "I think we all need to realize that we are still far from this investigation."
He stressed the need to conduct a full investigation into air safety and criminal investigation so that there is full transparency and accountability is carried out in accordance with international standards.
Sound Recorder
On Monday, experts at the French Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety and Investigation (BEA) successfully managed to extract the data of the voice recorder on the Ukrainian plane's cockpit that was shot down by Iran on January 8.
The French investigation office said in a tweet on Twitter that the data extracted from the voice recorder related to "the same incident" and that it was handed over to the Iranian authorities responsible for the investigations.
The French investigation office added that experts are examining the flight data recorder, which represents the other black box.
The French investigation office announced last month that Iran had requested technical assistance to repair the black boxes and empty their data.
human error
Earlier this month, Iran's civil aviation authority said the shooting down was due to a "human error" caused by a malfunction of a military radar system.
Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Afghanistan and Britain welcomed the delivery of the black boxes to the FBI, but said it was a step that "came too late."
"We reiterate our demand for Iran to conduct a comprehensive, transparent and independent investigation into aviation safety matters in accordance with international standards," the five countries said in a joint statement.
It is reported that Iran agreed last June to send the black boxes to the French office for analysis, which ended a long-standing crisis with Canada, Ukraine and France over data access.