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France’s BEA air accident agency said on it would be involved in the investigation into the Ukrainian crash. BEA helped analyze data from the flight recorder of a Boeing that crashed in Ethiopia last year. “It is important that as much clarity as possible is made and as quickly as possible,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. A U.S. official, citing satellite data, said Washington had concluded with a high degree of certainty that anti-aircraft missiles brought down the plane in error. The official said the data showed the plane airborne for two minutes after departing Tehran when heat signatures of two surface-to-air missiles were detected. There was an explosion in the vicinity and heat data showed the plane on fire as it fell. U.S. military satellites detect infrared emissions from heat. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he believed “somebody could have made a mistake”. A defense expert said the plane’s radar signature would have been similar to a U.S. military transport plane. The New York Times said it had obtained a video appearing to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane near Tehran airport. Iran denied the airliner had been hit by a missile, saying such reports were “psychological warfare against Iran.” “All those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and we urge Boeing to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that, after coordinating with Ottawa, a delegation of 10 Canadians were heading to Tehran to follow up on Canadian victims. Canada has no diplomatic ties with Iran.COOPERATION
Iran’s civil aviation organization said in an initial report less than 24 hours after the incident that the three-year-old airliner, which had its last scheduled maintenance on Monday, encountered a technical problem after takeoff and was heading to a nearby airport before it crashed. Investigations into airliner crashes require cooperation of regulators, experts and companies across jurisdictions. They can take months and initial reports in 24 hours are rare. Ukraine has outlined four potential scenarios, including a missile strike and terrorism. Kiev said its investigators wanted to search the crash site for possible debris of a Russian-made missile used by Iran’s military. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said it was making arrangements to tour the site after an Iranian invitation. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it had designated a representative to join the probe. Boeing said it would support the NTSB. The company is reeling from two deadly crashes of 737 MAX planes, including the one in Ethiopia, that led to the model’s grounding last year. The crash plane was built in 2016 and is the prior generation of the 737 before the MAX.DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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