International investigators in Paris will finally be able to review the black box of a downed Ukrainian passenger jet that was shot out of the sky by Iran, who misidentified the plane as an incoming missile. Iranian authorities sent the black box to France on Friday, signaling a new phase of the investigation over six months after the incident in January that killed 176 people, including 82 Iranians, 57 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians. IRAN BLAMES UKRAINIAN JETLINER SHOOTDOWN ON MISCOMMUNICATION, MISALIGNED MISSILE BATTERYFrance is one of the few countries with the capability to read damaged black boxes. U.S. military officials said they believed Iran mistakenly shot down the jet using a surface-to-air missile. Iran has been in intense negotiations with Ukraine, Canada and other nations that had citizens aboard the downed plane, and who have demanded a thorough investigation into the incident.

Source: Fox News July 18, 2020 17:26 UTC