A letter dated Sept. 1 from Michelle Campbell, deputy director of criminal, security and diplomatic law at Global Affairs Canada, says the documents had been served on the “appropriate authority” of Iran’s foreign affairs ministry.
Tom Arndt, the lawyer heading that case, declined to comment, but the federal “certificate of service” for his suit wasThe news comes a few days after Iran said it was prepared to begin compensation talks with Canada and other countries that had victims on the flight.The plane crashed outside Tehran on Jan. 8, killing 176 passengers and crew in what was a largely Canadian tragedy.
Iranian authorities originally claimed the crash was an accident, but under pressure admitted that air defence forces had mistakenly fired two missiles at the Boeing 737 amid tension with the United States. Black boxes retrieved from the wreckage revealed recently that pilots spoke for about 19 seconds after the first missile hit and before the second one.Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.
Iran has probably already put it in the shredder.
folcaraj AIR CRASH ? I thought it was blown out of the sky.
More like attack.
ps752justice Looks like a class action was filed on Sep/01. Let’s see how it goes:
8 months. Where’s our LPC government. Sucking teat.
robertamary23 Based off new physics, I didn't think airplane wreckage was able to be found. It always burned completely away except for the passports from the people who did it.
did Justin bow to them again?
Iran will ignore those suits much like JustinTrudeau ignores Canada.
I doubt that Iran will care less about the lawsuits
LyndaE222 Crash? Never heard of a surface to air missile strike being called a crash.
Might want to fix the headline. Also I am sure the Iranian govt is running to the bank right now.
It wasn’t a crash, it was shot down.
'deadly air crash' is not an apt description of what occurred
Air crash? That is what you are calling a plane being hit by a surface to air missile?
Quick ,look over here.Forget about our criminal activity for the last 5 years.🙄🇨🇦
What? Justin grows a pair? This must have been Freeland's idea.
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