According to him, the crew controlled the plane until the last moment.
Judging by the negotiations inside the cockpit, the aircraft engines were working, writes RIA Novosti.
“The voice recorder recorded another 19 seconds after the first missile detonated,” the official said.
The second missile reached the plane 25 seconds later, Zangane added.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Tehran agreed to pay compensation after the plane crash.
On January 8, a plane crash occurred in Tehran, which killed 176 people. Iran has acknowledged that the Iranian air defense system mistakenly shot down a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines, mistaking it for a cruise missile.
In July, the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran reported that the air defense complex that shot down the plane was incorrectly configured.