Flight PS752’s black box transcript confirms illegal interference with plane

24.07.2020 14:51

Ukrinform

The transcript from the black boxes from downed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 confirms that there was illegal interference with the plane, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevhenii Yenin has said.

"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," Yenin wrote on Twitter on Friday.

On July 18, France's Bureau for Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) received Flight PS752’s recorders from Iran.

The Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) plane (flight PS752) heading from Tehran to Kyiv crashed shortly after it took off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport at about 06:00 Tehran time (04:30 Kyiv time) on January 8. There were 176 people on board – nine crew members (all Ukrainians) and 167 passengers (citizens of Ukraine, Iran, Canada, Sweden, Afghanistan, Germany, and the UK). All passengers and crew were killed in the crash.

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