Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it has been invited by
Iran to participate in the download and analysis of the flight recorders from the downing of a
Ukraine International Airlines jet “whenever and wherever” that takes place.
Iran has acknowledged that its armed forces fired two
Russian anti-aircraft missiles at the jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran's main airport earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board.
Fifty-seven Canadians died and 138 of the passengers were headed to Canada.