Iran quashes claims of missile hitting Ukrainian plane, flags it off as illogical rumours

Iran on Thursday denied  “illogical rumours” claiming that Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran on was hit by a missile. Local media reports quoted he of Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation, Ali Abedzeh saying that it is scientifically impossible that a missile hit Ukrainian plane. He shrugged off claims by terming that as rumours. 

Investigations claim Iranian missile hit Ukranian aircraft 

As per new investigations that have surfaced, US sources report that Ukraine plane crash could have very well been caused by an Iran Missile that might have hit it accidentally. A Ukrainian aircraft with at least 176 people aboard crashed on January 8 just after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.

Iran around same time h fired a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that housed American troops. While an initial probe suggested that plane crash was due to technical glitches, media reported that Downing Street is looking into reports suggesting that Ukrainian jet was shot down by missile inste.  

In Kiev, Ukrainian presidency said Zelensky invited Britain to join probe and also called for a "transparent, thorough and objective investigation that can quickly establish facts of this trdy".

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Mystery surrounding  black box 

Sources within Pentagon in US also seem to harbour similar concerns. A Pentagon official, a senior US intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told media that Ukrainian flight was actually struck by an anti-aircraft missile system.

What was suspicious was that after Iranian authorities found two black boxes of crashed Ukraine International Airlines y decided that se would t be handed over to manufacturer Boeing. A detailed examination of black box data could help reveal actual cause of plane crash.   

(Im Source: AP)

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