Farewell to the victims of the plane crash in Iran

December 27, 2002, Kharkiv.

A plot about the farewell to the fallen specialists of the Ukrainian aircraft industry. Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise, people near the coffins, Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych laying flowers, photos of the dead, a priest with a censer, a runway, airplanes.

Comments: Kharkiv resident Lyubov Sokolova; design engineer Mykhailo Hrechko; Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Reference: The AN-140 plane crash occurred on December 23, 2002 near the Iranian city of Erdestan. The airplane belonged to Aeromist-Kharkiv Airlines and was flying from Kharkiv to Isfahan with a stopover in Trabzon. The crash killed all 44 people on board: 38 passengers (33 Ukrainians and 5 russians) and 6 crew members. The plane crashed on approach, and the cause of the accident is believed to be crew error. The plane was carrying leading Ukrainian and russian aircraft construction experts who were participating in a project to organize the production of the AN-140 in Iran.