TEHRAN, Jan 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s civil aviation authority said, it will not hand over the two black boxes recovered from an ill-fated Ukrainian airliner with 176 people aboard, to the plane’s manufacturer Boeing or the United States, but will cooperate with Ukraine.
Both of the plane’s black box voice and data recorders had been found, Iranian state television reported.
It is not clear to which country Iran will send the black boxes for analysis, Iran’s Mehr News Agency quoted Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, as saying, adding that Ukrainians are welcome to join the probe into the crash.
Ukraine International Airlines officials denied mistakes by the crew in the jet’s crash, saying, the plane went through scheduled maintenance before departure. The aircraft was built in 2016 and delivered directly to the airline from the manufacturer.
Boeing said that, it is ready to provide any necessary assistance after the crash in Iran.
