Probe confirms illegal interference with jet downed in Iran in January, says Ukraine
July 24, 2020
Commenting on the preliminary findings, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhenii Yenin said in a tweet that the transcripts from the black boxes confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane. — Courtesy photo
PARIS — Ukraine on Friday accused Iran of illegal interference with the ill-fated passenger plane as international investigators completed a preliminary analysis from the flight recorders of the jet downed by Iran in January this year.
Commenting on the preliminary findings, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhenii Yenin said in a tweet that the transcripts from the black boxes confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane.
The Ukrainian minister also said Kiev was expecting an Iranian delegation to visit Ukraine next week for talks.
“Grateful to all partners who helped bring this moment closer. Black boxes from #PS752 were read out and deciphered successfully. The transcript confirmed the fact of illegal interference with the plane. We are waiting for the Iranian side for the first round of talks next week,” the tweet read.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday an international team examining the black boxes from the jet had completed a preliminary analysis of the data.
The black boxes from Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 arrived in Paris earlier this week.
Iranian forces claim they downed the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet after mistaking it for a missile at a time of high tensions with the United States. All 176 passengers on board died, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.
Earlier this month, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that it was too soon to blame human error for the shooting down of the airliner and that many questions remained unanswered.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kyiv was not satisfied with the amount of compensation Iran had offered.
