Plane Crash Iran

• Iran plane crash: compensation talks for families of victims set for October

  The Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year, killing 176 people including 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2020
  
• Iran sends recorder from downed Ukrainian jetliner to France, according to Iranian news agency

  State-run media is reporting that Iran has sent the black box flight recorder from a Ukrainian passenger jet that it mistakenly shot down in January to France for further analysis following months of delays.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2020
  
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• Canada asks Iran to explain late handover of black boxes from plane crash

  Canada's transport minister says it's been 92 days since Iran told the UN aviation council that it would give the flight data and cockpit voice recorders to Ukraine.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2020
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• Iran must deliver black boxes despite coronavirus pandemic: Champagne

  An Iranian official promised on March 11 to transfer the flight recorders within two weeks to assist with Ukraine's investigation into the crash.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2020
• Tribute for victims of Iranian plane crash to be held at Edmonton City Hall

  A tribute is being held Saturday in Edmonton to remember the Canadians who were killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2020
• Canada, other countries press Iran to compensate victims of Ukrainian plane crash

  Canada met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference, and Champagne told a news conference afterward that they made it clear to Zarif what Iran must do.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2020
• 2 injured after Iran passenger plane crash-lands on runway, skids onto highway

  Authorities said two people suffered injuries in the hard landing of the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flown by Caspian Airlines in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province.

  World

  Jan 27, 2020
• Iran asks for help from U.S., France to analyze downed plane’s black boxes: report

  The flight recorders, commonly known as black boxes, sustained physical damage, although the memory is intact after the flight was hit by two missiles within three minutes of taking off from Tehran's airport on Jan. 8, the report says.

  World

  Jan 20, 2020
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• Iran plane crash: What is the Montreal Convention, and how will victims be compensated?

  As the investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft continues, many questions remain unanswered, including how families of the 176 victims will be compensated.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Investigators from Canada to visit site of plane crash near Tehran

  Iran's judiciary said Tuesday that arrests have been made and the president has called for a special court to be set up to probe the downing last week of the plane by Iranian forces.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2020