Ukrainian Plane Crash: Iran retrieves cockpit recordings from the black box

Lahore, 24th August: Authorities in Iran have obtained a record of the conversation in the black box of the unfortunate Ukrainian plane crash. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Iran has obtained information about the black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in the Iranian capital Tehran this year, 176 people were killed in the tragic incident.   Capt. Toraja Dehghani, head of Iranian civil aviation, said the plane’s black box contained only 19 seconds of conversation after the first explosion, while the second missile struck the plane 25 seconds later. The report did not elaborate on Dehghani’s statement. Ukrainian plane hit by two short-range TOR-M1 missiles, Iran says A Ukrainian passenger plane taking off from Tehran International Airport was hit by two missiles on January 8 this year, just eight minutes after takeoff which damaged the installed radio. Moments later, a second missile struck, causing the plane to explode into flames and crash into the ground. The tragedy killed 176 people, including Iranians from Ukraine, Canada, Britain, Afghanistan, Sweden and Germany. Shortly before the incident, Iranian missiles hit two US military bases in Baghdad, triggering a dangerous turn in US-Iran relations and escalating tensions in the Middle … Continue reading Ukrainian Plane Crash: Iran retrieves cockpit recordings from the black box