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Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi announced that Iran has started to probe into the cause of the Ukrainian plane crash according to the international standards and International Civil Aviation Organization’s regulations.
“Ukraine as owner of the plane and the Boeing Company as its manufacturer have been invited to participate in investigations.“ Mousavi said.
Expressing condolences to families of the victims. he said the Islamic Republic of Iran has welcomed presence of the experts from countries whose citizens have been killed in the accident.
Iran has also urged the Canadian Prime Minister or any other involved government to contribute its own probe committee into investigations.
A Boeing 737 plane carrying 180 passengers and crew. mostly Iranians. crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran early Wednesday. leaving no survivors. Technical difficulties were cited as the cause of the crash.
The Ukrainian embassy in Iran also ruled out the possibility of an attack on the plane.
