Iran will not give black box from crashed Ukrainian airliner to Boeing

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Dubai - A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed earlier on Wednesday in Iran.

By Reuters

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Published: Wed 8 Jan 2020, 1:42 PM

Last updated: Wed 8 Jan 2020, 3:48 PM

Iran will not give the black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner to planemaker Boeing, the head of Tehran's civil aviation organisation was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Ali Abedzadeh also said it was not clear which country Iran would send the box to so that its data could be analysed, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed earlier on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.


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