2 black boxes from Iran8217;s crashed plane recovered

Iran8217;s state radio says investigators have recovered two of the three black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran. All 168 people aboard the Caspian Airlines flight bound for Yerevan,Armenia,on Wednesday were killed.

The radio8217;s Thursday report quoted chief investigator Ahmad Majidi as saying one of the recovered boxes was damaged. It said the boxes 8211; the plane8217;s cockpit voice and flight data recorders will likely be sent to the aircraft8217;s Russian manufacturers for analysis. The crash was the latest in a string of air disasters in recent years that have highlighted Iran8217;s difficulties in maintaining its aging fleet of planes.