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Ukraine Asks Iran for Downed Plane's Data Recorders

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   Ukraine said Wednesday it asked Iran to give it the black box flight
   recorders from the Ukrainian International Airlines plane the Iranian
   military accidentally shot down last week.

   A statement from Ukraine's prosecutor's office said it is taking all
   necessary measures to ensure the recorders are properly decrypted and
   to preserve all evidence as investigators carry out their probe of the
   incident.

   Alexander Ruvin, director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of
   Forensic Science, told Ukrainian media after returning from leading an
   investigation team in Iran that Iranian specialists were due to arrive
   in Kyiv on Wednesday, and that analysts expect to begin examining the
   flight recorders on Monday.

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he and Iranian
   President Hassan Rouhani agreed that experts from their countries would
   work together, including on deciphering the black boxes. Zelenskiy and
   French President Emmanuel Macron also agreed to have French specialists
   help with that work.

   Iran initially said mechanical problems caused the commercial jetliner
   to go down, before admitting days later that Iranian military personnel
   shot down the plane, killing all 176 people on board.

   The revelation sparked days of protests in Iran as people expressed
   their anger at the country's leaders.

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