“Flares on route, as if from a missile,” the pilot of an Aseman Airlines flight from Shiraz to Tehran said to the controller, according to the transcript. AD“That surely is light from a missile,” the pilot said. “What does the light look like?”“That surely is the light from a missile,” the pilot said. “Ukraine International Airlines 752, do you read?”The investigation has also been marred by disagreements between Ukrainian and Iranian authorities, including over how to handle data from the flight recorder. Kyiv sent a team of 45 experts and search-and-rescue personnel to Tehran a day after the crash to assist in the investigation.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 13:52 UTC