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Iran: the black boxes remain with us

"We have no plans to ship them to other countries"

Iran has reiterated its intention not to deliver the black boxes of the Ukraine Airlines plane shot down in Tehran by two missiles (see AVIONEWS). An Iranian civil aviation official Hassan Rezaifar said: "The black boxes of the Ukrainian plane mistakenly shot down by Iranian forces are in Tehran and we have no plans to ship them to other countries. We will attempt to examine the contents in Iran....

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Tehran, Iran, 01/20/2020 11:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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It may take a month or two to extract the information

Iran declared today its intention to download the black box recordings from the Ukraine Airlines plane crashed in Tehran causing the death of the 176 people on board (see AVIONEWS).Canada has announced... more

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