By Canadian Press

Canadian experts returning home after probing Tehran plane crash, TSB says

Jan 23, 2020 | 12:59 PM

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board says two investigators are heading back to Canada after six days in Tehran and two in Kyiv, helping probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines jet.

Iran has admitted firing surface-to-air missiles at the airliner as it left Tehran’s international airport Jan. 8, saying it was a mistake.

Fifty-seven Canadian citizens were among the 176 people killed.

The TSB says it understands the plane’s flight-data recorders are still in Iran, while the country’s authorities consider how to download and analyze the information they contain.

It says a different set of Canadian investigators will be there “wherever and whenever that activity takes place.”

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The investigators are still seeking a bigger role in the probe, but the TSB says the Iranian authorities have been co-operative and helpful.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 23, 2020.

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