Tehran will give Kiev the flight recorders of the downed

“Black boxes” of downed Boeing 737 Teheran to decipher in Iran is impossible, they will be sent to Ukraine, said the head of the Department of accident investigation civil aviation Organization of Iran Hassan Rezaeifar. If that fails, the flight data recorders are waiting in France.

on Friday, Tehran has received a second request for “black boxes” from Kiev. The previous query dated 15 January, then Director of Kiev research Institute of forensic examinations, Alexander ruvin reported that international experts will begin deciphering the flight recorders on January 20 in Kiev.

Before that, the head of the Ukrainian foreign Ministry Vadim pristayko said about the agreement with his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. The Iranian foreign Minister assured that Iran will give the black boxes after them will have access to international experts, reports TASS.

the Boeing 737 of the company “Ukraine International airlines” crashed to the ground early on the morning of 8 January 2020 immediately after takeoff from the Tehran airport. The crash killed 176 people.

on 11 January, the General staff of the Iranian armed forces said that the plane was mistakenly shot down by air defense forces of the country. 14 January it was reported that Iran has arrested several people in the case of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner.