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Iran refuses to give Boeing black box from Tehran crash

everybodyknows 7y ago
>A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, Abolfazl Shekarchi, rejected speculation that the plane had been attacked accidentally by Iranian forces as “ridiculous”.
jascii 7y ago
In all fairness, this does follow protocol as established by the ICAO. At this point the primary responsibility to investigate the crash would be on Iran and Ukraine. Boeing would formally come into the picture if equipment failure is deemed a likely contributing factor in the crash. This does not mean that the investigators won't share data or consult with the manufacturer during the cause of the investigation.
- deogeo 7y ago
  Furthermore, Iranians themselves make up a large share of the casualties: "Victims of the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three Britons" [1]. The way the article frames it makes me think this is aimed as a hit piece against Iran, to make the public suspect them of having shot down the plane. But I wouldn't blame them not wanting to cooperate with Boeing, a US military-industrial company, right after the US assassinated one of their top officials. They probably worry the black box could be used to fake evidence. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-crash-ukraine-boeing-180-tehran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-cra...
  - ihalip 7y ago
    The UIA has released the names of all the passengers on board [1]. I think most of the "foreign" nationals were actually people that had dual citizenship. [1] https://www.flyuia.com/ro/en/news/2020/flight-ps752-passenger-list https://www.flyuia.com/ro/en/news/2020/flight-ps752-passenge...
simonblack 7y ago
Boeing, as the manufacturer of the 737 has a vested interest in covering up any shortcomings (and any costly compensation) with a faulty aircraft. Any country who would hand over the black box to the aircraft's manufacturer without previously copying of the information held on that black box would be criminally stupid.

>A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, Abolfazl Shekarchi, rejected speculation that the plane had been attacked accidentally by Iranian forces as “ridiculous”.

jascii 7y ago

In all fairness, this does follow protocol as established by the ICAO. At this point the primary responsibility to investigate the crash would be on Iran and Ukraine. Boeing would formally come into the picture if equipment failure is deemed a likely contributing factor in the crash. This does not mean that the investigators won't share data or consult with the manufacturer during the cause of the investigation.

deogeo 7y ago
Furthermore, Iranians themselves make up a large share of the casualties: "Victims of the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three Britons" [1]. The way the article frames it makes me think this is aimed as a hit piece against Iran, to make the public suspect them of having shot down the plane. But I wouldn't blame them not wanting to cooperate with Boeing, a US military-industrial company, right after the US assassinated one of their top officials. They probably worry the black box could be used to fake evidence. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-crash-ukraine-boeing-180-tehran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-cra...
- ihalip 7y ago
  The UIA has released the names of all the passengers on board [1]. I think most of the "foreign" nationals were actually people that had dual citizenship. [1] https://www.flyuia.com/ro/en/news/2020/flight-ps752-passenger-list https://www.flyuia.com/ro/en/news/2020/flight-ps752-passenge...

simonblack 7y ago

Boeing, as the manufacturer of the 737 has a vested interest in covering up any shortcomings (and any costly compensation) with a faulty aircraft. Any country who would hand over the black box to the aircraft's manufacturer without previously copying of the information held on that black box would be criminally stupid.