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Iran Invites NTSB, Boeing to Participate in Ukrainian Plane
CrashInvestigation

Steve Herman

   Iran has invited the National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S.
   accident investigation agency, to participate in the probe of the
   Ukrainian Boeing commercial jetliner that crashed near Tehran earlier
   this week.

   The NTSB said in a statement Thursday it had received "formal
   notification" about the crash from the Aircraft Accident Investigation
   Board of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran and is sending "an
   accredited representative to the investigation of the crash."

   Iran has also invited Boeing, the U.S. manufacturer of the plane, to be
   a part of the investigation team.

   It is not, however, immediately clear what level of participation the
   two U.S. entities would have in the investigation because of the U.S.
   sanctions placed on Iran and the heightened tensions between the two
   countries.

   Ukraine is also taking part in the investigation.

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