Iran retrieves data, cockpit talk from downed Ukraine plane

Tehran, August 23

Iran has retrieved some data, including a portion of the cockpit conversations, from the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally downed by the Revolutionary Guard forces in January, killing all 176 people on board, an Iranian official said on Sunday.

That’s according to a report on the website of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, which described the official’s remarks as part of the final report that Tehran plans to issue on the shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. — AP