Statements, legal dispatches, and news from the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.
The representatives of the nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a civilian plane on January 8 over Tehran have called upon the Islamic Republic to hand over the black boxes for expert analysis. Victims of the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, eleven Ukrainians, ten Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans, and three Britons. ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said in televised remarks that Iran offered $80,000 per victim after it shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet on January 8, but that Ukraine did not accept the offer because “it was too little.” Zelenskiy added in his comments made on Ukrainian 1+1 television that “of course, human life is ...
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The coffins of 11 Ukrainians killed when Iran’s military mistakenly shot down a passenger airliner after takeoff from Tehran international airport arrived in Kyiv on January 19 as new questions emerged over Iranian officials’ cooperation in ongoing investigations into the tragedy. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, and other senior Ukrainian officials participated in ...
Read MoreNew security camera video appears to show two Iranian missiles striking Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752. The video emerged online on January 14 and was verified by The New York Times. Iran admitted it mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian airliner on January 8, killing all 176 people on board.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadians killed on board Flight PS752 in Iran would be alive if tensions in the region were not at a heightened level. “If there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families,” Trudeau on ...
Read MoreAbout five hours after Iran launched a volley of missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq, bringing the Middle East a step closer to war, Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 took off into the predawn darkness from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International airport. On board were 176 people en route to Kyiv, where most planned to connect ...
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko said on January 10 that investigators have so far found no evidence of a terror attack in fragments from the Ukrainian passenger airliner that crashed after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, but Kyiv wants to establish an international coalition to conduct an investigation into the January 8 tragedy. Prystayko said ...
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