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B-737 plane crash (4): found black boxes but Iran will not deliver them to Boeing

Tehran: "investigations are taking place in the country"

The two black boxes of the plane crash in Iran were found where a Ukraine Airlines B-737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran "Imam-Khomeini" international airport causing the death of 176 people (see AVIONEWS) but Tehran will not deliver them to Boeing. The Civil Aviation Organization of Tehran has specified that "the investigations for the accidents must take place in the country where they...

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Kíev, Ukraine, 01/08/2020 16:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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Short from the world. On January 8, an airliner with 176 people on board, a B-737/800 airplane of Ukraine International, was shot down in Tehran. The Iranian authorities, through the deputy minister for... more

ReportB-737 plane crash. Canada: "shot down by missile", Iran: "big lie"

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