The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine for a farewell ceremony.
"112.UA" TV company provides information.
The bodies were brought to Kyiv's Boryspil Airport aboard a Ukrainian air force plane. According to the information out of 11 bodies, 9 are the crew members, and only two are the passengers.
The ceremony of the memory of victims is held in Boryspil Airport.
The Ukrainian jetliner Boeing 737 was mistakenly shot down by the Iranian missile causing the death of 176 people. The jet crash of January 8 in Teheran sacrificed 167 passengers and nine crew members. Eighty-two of the passengers were the citizens of Iran, 63 – the citizens of Canada, and 11 – the citizens of Ukraine. There were also the citizens of Germany and Great Britain among the passengers.
Iran admitted that the Ukrainian jetliner Boeing 737 was mistakenly shot down by the Iranian missile
The jet crash of January 8 in Teheran sacrificed 167 passengers and nine crew members. Eighty-two of the passengers were the citizens of Iran, 63 – the citizens of Canada, and 11 – the citizens of Ukraine. There were also the citizens of Germany and Great Britain among the passengers.
