Iran aims to examine downed plane's black boxes, no plan yet to send them abroad

Iran said Sunday it was trying to analyse the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine. Canada, which had 57 citizens on the Jan 8 flight, said Sunday there were still no firm plans for downloading the recorders. Ottawa and other capitals have called for the black boxes to be sent abroad. The military has said it downed Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 in error in the aftermath of tit-for-tat strikes by the US and Iran. But authorities delayed admitting this, prompting days of protests on Iran's streets. Ukraine has previously said it expected the recorders to be handed over. <br/>