Iran is trying to analyze the black box belonging to the crashed Ukrainian jet, an official told a state news agency Sunday, a day after reports circulated about the records being transferred to Ukraine for analysis. Hassan Rezaifar, a director in charge of accident investigations at Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, told state news agency IRNA that there are no plans yet to send the black box abroad, Reuters reported. “We are trying to read the black boxes here in Iran,” he said, according to Reuters. Iran admitted to shooting down a commercial flight from Tehran to Kyiv that killed all 176 people on board, including 57 Canadian citizens. But the statement added that there were no current plans to download the plane’s recorders, although Canada has requested the black box be sent to another country.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 19, 2020 17:15 UTC