Amid US allegations, Iran invites Boeing to join investigation into Ukraine plane crash

News Bharati    10-Jan-2020 14:30:09 PM
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Tehran, January 10: Iran's authorities have invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. The move came after Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a missile amid soaring tensions between US and Iran.
 
 
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The state-run IRNA news agency quoting a foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, says Tehran will also welcome experts from other countries' whose citizens died in the crash. The US, Canadian and British officials have said it is very likely that the fiery missile strike could well have been a mistake amid rocket launches and high tension throughout the region.
 
The crash came just hours after Iran launched a ballistic attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops in its violent confrontation with Washington over the killing of General, Qasem Soleimani. 
 
Meanwhile, the US officials have said that the plain crash in Iran was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian air defence missiles. One US official said, American satellites had detected the launch of two missiles shortly before the plane crashed, followed by evidence of an explosion.
 
 
Other officials said that Washington believes the downing of the plane was accidental. US President Donald Trump also said that the crash could have been a mistake. Ukraine has outlined four potential scenarios to explain the crash, including a missile strike.
Iran has challenged international suggestions that the Ukrainian airliner was mistakenly downed by an Iranian missile. Iranian government urged Canada to share its information after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said multiple intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the Boeing airliner after it took off from Tehran on Wednesday.