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Brazil's Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) has been told by Russia that a probe into the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Brazilian-made Embraer jet will not be opened "at the moment," according to Reuters on Aug. 30.
On early Sept. 1, 1983, a Soviet interceptor shot down Korean Air Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. All 269 passengers on board were killed as the aircraft crashed into the sea near an island west of Sakhalin, Russia. The Soviets had mistaken the Boeing 747 airliner for a US spy plane as it drifted off course and flew through prohibited Soviet air space. It was one of the deadliest events.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body for the global airline industry, has urged governments to fulfil their obligations under the Convention of International Civil Aviation (better known as the Chicago Convention) to publish aviation accident reports that are both thorough and timely. Under Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention, States responsible for accident investigations must submit a preliminary report, to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), within 30 days of an accident; publish a publicly available final report as soon as possible, and within 12 months of the accident; or, should it not be possible to compile a final report within that 12-month period, to publish interim statements on a yearly basis.
An Iran Air Cargo plane, thought to be carrying Iranian drones to Moscow, recently flew over Georgian airspace. With the Iranian company under U.S. sanctions, the case has raised questions about so-called sanctions "black holes."