Ukrainian plane crashes in Iran
Iran removed the military's responsibility for the downing of a Boeing Ukraine plane.
Tensions between Iran and Ukraine soared, when Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane and denied responsibility.
The Teheran government on Tuesday, March 17, 2021, released its final report on the downing of a Ukrainian Boeing on January 8, 2020 after leaving the Iranian capital. The content of the report removed the responsibility of the military command that ordered the shooting of civilian aircraft, but only pointed out the error in the air defense system. Kiev immediately rejected the report, denouncing the "attempt to conceal the real cause" of the tragedy.
In a 145-page report in English, the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization devoted only two paragraphs to "the cause of the crash and the contributing factor (s)".
The first section presents what is known, namely that two missiles "fired" by the air defense caused the event of "the plane crashed and exploded on the ground".
The second paragraph talks about identifying “other factors” that lead to an accident: “The precautions and other layers of protection in the risk management system have proved ineffective due to an unintended failure. . first in the threat identification and ultimately unsafe flight against threats posed in the alert state of air defense forces.
According to French news agency AFP, on the day of the accident, Iran's air defense system was on high alert because of fears that the US would retaliate against Iran's attack on a US-used base in Iraq to revenge on Iranian General Soleimani. was killed by the US five days earlier in Bagdad, the capital of Iraq.
176 people aboard Ukraine UIA international airline PS-752 Teheran-Kiev - mainly Iranians and Canadians, many of whom are dual nationals - died in a tragedy that Canada and Ukraine did not stop. . hold Teheran accountable.
Ukraine denounced an "attempt to conceal the true cause" of the tragedy, while Canada, which has lost 85 citizens and permanent residents, has criticized a "incomplete and not wicked report". litigation or clear evidence ”.