March 18 (Reuters) - A Canadian company on Thursday
March 18 (Reuters) – A Canadian company on Thursday known as for modifications to world guidelines governing air accident investigations, following criticism over shortcomings in Iran’s remaining report on the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176, together with many Canadians.
It plans to pursue discussions on the U.N.’s aviation company “within the coming weeks and months” to guarantee independence in instances the place state militaries are concerned in bringing down airliners, Kathy Fox, chair of Canada’s Transportation Security Board (TSB), stated on Thursday.
Iran’s civil aviation physique on Wednesday blamed misalignment of a missile launcher’s radar and an error by an Iranian air defence operator for the downing of the plane in January 2020.
Whereas the TSB known as the state of affairs a “believable rationalization for what occurred,” the impartial company stated the report lacked proof. Ukraine known as it a cynical try to cowl up the true causes for the crash.
Whereas the principles governing air accident probes, identified all through the trade by their authorized identify “Annex 13,” work effectively, Fox stated “this most up-to-date occasion and investigation demonstrates that it has limitations.”
Drawing their identify from an annex to the Conference on Worldwide Civil Aviation – generally often known as the 1944 Chicago Conference – they characterize a low-key however efficient type of worldwide co-operation that has hardly ever been challenged.
Beneath these guidelines Iran retained total management of the air investigation whilst its army was implicated within the occasion, resulting in an “unprecedented” state of affairs, Fox informed reporters.
“What we wish to see are modifications to Annex 13 that will facilitate extra transparency and independence in these distinctive instances the place a state army has been concerned in bringing down a civilian airliner,” Fox stated.
Such modifications might enable the usage of impartial observers, or delegation by international locations, equivalent to Ukraine agreeing to Dutch management of an investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airways Flight MH17.
(Reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal and David Ljunggren in Ottawa Enhancing by Matthew Lewis)
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