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Iran Refusing to Hand Over Flight Data Recorders from Ukrainian Airliner
(Wall Street Journal) Rory Jones - Iran is refusing to hand over the flight data recorders of a Ukrainian airliner it shot down, despite Ukraine's demand that the black boxes be sent back home for analysis. A perception that Iran is being obstructionist to an investigation into the causes of the crash could further isolate the country. Iranian officials had indicated they would accede to Western requests that the black boxes be sent to Ukraine or France where the data could be downloaded in a credible and neutral laboratory, since Iran didn't have the necessary technology to assess it. But on Tuesday, Iran's aviation regulator said it is asking for equipment from the U.S. and France to download data from the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders.