Head of Iranian team investigating the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane near Tehran says online videos of crash cannot be confirmed and black box must be analyzed before reaching conclusions
The head of the Iranian team investigating the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane near Tehran has rejected Western assertions that the aircraft was shot down by a missile.
“If they have the courage, if they have findings with scientific support, they should show this to the world,” he said at a press conference in Tehran. “One thing I can tell you is the plane was not hit by a missile.” The Reuters news agency has cited an U.S. unnamed official who, referring to an extensive review of satellite data, said the flight had been tracked by Iranian radar before it came under attack. The data showed the Boeing 737 bound for Kyiv was airborne for two minutes after departing Tehran when the heat signatures of two surface-to-air missiles were detected, the official said. That was quickly followed by an explosion in the vicinity of the plane.
Mr. Abedzadeh said any conclusions reached before the plane’s black boxes are analyzed “would not be valid.”Mr. Abedzadeh said the black boxes, which record flight data as well as cockpit conversations, were damaged in the disaster, but it was still possible to analyze the data they contained.
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