WANA ( Apr 16) – After more than three years and a total of 20 trial hearings in which a total of 117 plaintiffs filed lawsuits, Iran’s court has issued a final verdict on the Ukrainian Flight PS752 incident that claimed the lives of 176 passengers as the court labeled it a case of “human error”.

 

 

The sentencings range from 1-3 years in prison in a range of air defense personnel and even an IRGC aerospace commander.

 

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Rescue team carries a body at the site where the Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency)

Mr. Khodaei, Head of the Committee for Investigating the Ukraine Flight Incident stated: “We have invited the United States as the country responsible for designing and constructing the aircraft and Ukraine as the country registering and utilizing the aircraft to partake in this investigation.”

 

Mr. Pour-Aghakhan, Head of the Armed Forces Judiciary said that the judges and jury “cast their votes with utmost justice and neutrality.”

 

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body of the victims at the site where the Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency)

Ukrainian flight tragedy, questions remained after 3 years

WANA (JAN 8) – Three years after Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, there are still unanswered questions about the tragic incident.   Based on an analysis, more than the issue of the plane’s downing and the victims who perished in the sad event […]

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Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, was shot down by Iranian military forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board.


The Iranian government initially denied responsibility for the crash, but later admitted that its military had mistakenly shot down the plane.

 

 

The crash occurred amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, following the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike. The Iranian military was reportedly on high alert at the time of the crash, and the incident was widely seen as a tragic and unintended consequence of the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States.