Iran grants Canada investigators access to downed plane

Canadian investigators flying to Tehran on Monday will get to the destruction, and secret elements from a Ukranian jetliner brought down by a missile strike a week ago, authorities said.

"We don't completely have the foggiest idea what the extent of our examination will be," Transportation Safety Board (TSB) seat Kathy Fox told a question and answer session.

Nonetheless, she included, "there have been early signs that Iran is enabling the TSB to assume a more dynamic job than is ordinarily allowed."

Two Canadian examiners were to land in Tehran inside hours, trailed by two more in the coming days or weeks.

They have been welcomed by Iran, which is driving the accident test, to partake in the downloading and investigation of the air ship's cockpit voice and information recorders.

They will likewise be permitted to visit the accident site and the destruction of the plane that is being reassembled in a close-by the holder.

"We do comprehend what has occurred. What we don't know is the reason it occurred," Fox remarked before drilling down inquiries encompassing the accident that still should be replied.

These incorporate whether the rocket strike was purposeful or not, and why the air space was open amid elevated strains in the district.

The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 was shot somewhere near a rocket not long after taking off from Tehran before first light last Wednesday, killing each of the 176 travellers and team ready.

Fifty-seven of the victims were Canadian.