Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
Boeing doesn't typically read and evaluate data recorders after accident flights, so there's no reason it should receive this one. If anyone has information suggesting that Iran intends to withhold the FDR & CVR from appropriate investigators (BEA, perhaps), let us know.
There are various sources reporting the Mehr news agency quoting the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority (Ali Abedzadeh) as saying something to the effect that the black boxes would be examined in Iran under ICAO rules. However, I've not yet found a specific quote on the Mehr news agency site that sounds anything like that.
But if he did say that, then adding [words to the effect of] 'we won't send them to the manufacturer' would make a lot more sense.
Of course that makes for a far less juicy soundbite than "Iran will not provide Boeing with the black boxes", as if Boeing were somehow expecting to be given them.
It seems there is a lot being lost (and gained) in the translation and interpretation.