Canada confirms black boxes of downed Ukrainian airliner arrive in Paris


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  • Monday, 20 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks in the House of Commons as legislators convene to give the government power to inject billions of dollars in emergency cash to help individuals and businesses through the economic crunch caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne confirmed in a tweet https://bit.ly/30uHtB1 on Sunday that the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board in January had arrived in Paris, ending a months-long standoff.

The black boxes are expected to be brought to France's air accident agency, BEA, on Monday for analysis, Champagne said, adding that Canadian transportation officials would be present.

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