Wednesday, 10 February, 2021 - 12:15
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Reuters file photo) Asharq Al-Awsat
The Canadian government and security agencies are reviewing an audio recording in which a man identified by sources as Iran s foreign minister discusses the possibility that the downing of the Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020 was an intentional act, CBC News reported.
“The individual, identified by sources as Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, is heard saying on the recording that there are a ‘thousand possibilities’ to explain the downing of the jet, including a deliberate attack involving two or three ‘infiltrators’ a scenario he said was ‘not at all unlikely’,” said the report.
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Because the airliner’s signals “faded in stages,” the journalist argues that it might’ve been caused by interference by “an AWACS plane which can throw a blanket around.
Malaysia Airlines MH17 Boeing 777 was shot down over Donbas on July 17, 2014 / REUTERS
Ukraine was not aware that civil aviation was in danger when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 MH17 was shot down over Donbas in July 2014.
There is therefore insufficient evidence to hold Ukraine legally responsible for not completely closing the airspace, according to an independent investigation conducted by the Flight Safety Foundation, NU.nl wrote.
Read alsoReuters: MH17 judges reject request to investigate alternative crash scenariosDutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said the Flight Safety Foundation report states that insufficient facts have been established to indicate that the Ukrainian authorities at the time responsible for civil aviation safety over eastern Ukraine were aware of a threat to civil aviation above Ukraine, except that part of the airspace that was already closed.