Black boxes from downed Ukraine jet show pilots alive after Missile hit in Iran

Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast, Iran informed on Sunday 23rd August 2020. The black boxes also showed that two pilots were alive after the first two missiles hit.

The Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's main airport on January 8, killing all 176 people on board.

Iran admitted days later that its forces accidentally shot down the Kyiv-bound Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

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Touraj Dehghani-Zanganeh also said, "The instructor indicates that the aircraft has an electronic problem and the auxiliary power has been activated.”
"The pilots were notified that both engines of the aircraft were on."

Iran, which has no means of decoding the black boxes, sent them to France for analysis.

Over 20 people have been sentenced to jail terms up to 20 years in Iran for participating in peaceful protests against the downing of the plane.

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