The Ukrainian plane, accidentally shot down by Iran in January, was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart. After the first impact, the passengers were still alive for some time. This should be evident from an analysis of the black boxes of the device, Iran said on Sunday according to the Reuters news agency.
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It was the head of Iran’s civil aviation organization, Touraj Dehghani-Zanganeh, who spoke out on the analysis on Sunday. “Nineteen seconds after the first missile hit the plane, the voices of the pilots in the cockpit indicate that the passengers were still alive. After twenty-five seconds, the second missile hit the plane, ”the man was quoted as saying by state television.
It is the first time that official statements have been made about the analysis of the black boxes. They had been sent to France by Iran in July.
Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737 was accidentally shot down by the Iranian army on January 8, just after taking off from Tehran airport. All 176 occupants, mostly civilians from Iran and Canada, were killed.
Iran later acknowledged that it was a “catastrophic mistake” by the military that was on high alert during a confrontation with the United States.
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