Amid American claims that Flight 752 was accidentally shot out of the sky, there's good case to be made that Canada should conduct the investigation into the disaster UkrainianPlaneCrash
Aviation accident investigators don’t jump to conclusions. They may speculate wildly behind closed doors as they solve their airborne mysteries, but they do not typically shoot from the hip. Which is why after a Ukrainian International Airlines flight carrying 63 Canadians crashed in Iran, one response quoted all around the world was so remarkable.
By midday on Thursday, reports citing U.S. intelligence sources were corroborating Zee’s conjecture. In a mid-afternoon press conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that intelligence reports pointed to a missile strike as a likely cause of Flight 752’s downing—and reinforced calls for a “thorough and credible” investigation.
Those news reports, and Trudeau’s statements, contradict an initial report from the Iran Civil Aviation Organization, which published preliminary findings on the Flight PS 752 disaster less than 24 hours after the crash. That report blamed a “technical error,” and cited eyewitness reports that claimed the aircraft—which had lost radio contact—caught fire and appeared to turn to the right, back toward the airport, before it hit the ground.
Article 5 of Annex 13 determines who participates in any investigation. Iran’s civil aviation agency will run the show, because the crash happened within its territory. The rules say Ukraine also gets to appoint a representative, because the airplane was registered—and operated—in Ukraine. The U.S. would also get a representative, because the airplane was manufactured by Boeing, the U.S.-based aerospace giant.
“There is a well-established international network that looks past the politics and follows a very structured, very careful and methodical approach to the investigation,” says Parker. She was confident the Iranian investigator-in-charge—who is “basically God” in these situations—would accept help from any country that put its hand up. “He is expecting that offer, and they’re expecting it to be taken,” says Parker.
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