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Anniversary of the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran: what is happening now

A year has passed since the Iranian military shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) in the skies over Tehran. The relatives of the victims of this plane crash are still acutely experiencing the pain of losses and do not trust the official version of Iran about the usual mistake of the military. How is the situation a year later, said the publication with the BBC.

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During this time, the number of questions to the Iranian investigation and the official version of events does not decrease, but grows like a snowball.

“They are trying to talk to Iran. He makes promises and doesn't keep them. A year has passed since the disaster and the result is close to zero,” says Hamed Esmaelion, a representative of the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.

He lives in Canada, lost his wife and 9-year-old daughter in a plane crash.

“When we sat in the same room with the relatives of the victims a year after the disaster, such melancholy hung over us that we didn’t even want to communicate. Why is that? Because there are still no encouraging facts about whether there will be a fair solution to this situation,” agrees Ekaterina Gaponenko, wife of pilot Vladimir Gaponenko.

“Talks about negotiations with Iran and compensation are meaningless if we do not know the truth about this disaster,” said Amirali Alavi, the son of Nedi Sadigh, who died in the disaster.

This is what the relatives of the victims from Ukraine and Canada think about his investigation a year after the plane crash.

Investigation

The technical investigation of the crash is carried out directly by Iran. This is required by international law. By the first anniversary of the disaster, official Tehran submitted to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry a draft report on the technical causes of the tragedy.

Next, Ukraine can make its own corrections and comments. This document is the basis for criminal investigation and trial in any instance: national or international.

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There are also two national criminal investigations - Ukrainian and Iranian. Iran left unanswered Ukraine's proposals to join forces.

Ukraine today is considering five versions of events that could have led to the plane crash. Now the content of these versions is a secret of the investigation.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin claims that the Ukrainian authorities have called for a joint investigation.

“We insisted on conducting joint investigative actions with the participation of both Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors and Iranian ones. Today, these promises remain on paper,” says the official.

At the same time, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Gunduz Mammadov did not see any documents from the Iranian criminal investigation. He is responsible for the procedural guidance of Ukrainian investigative actions.

For example, the Ukrainian prosecutor's office does not have personal data, as well as data on the degree of responsibility of the military, which Iran promises to bring to justice.

“I will only begin to trust the Iranian investigation when I see the materials of their criminal proceedings. Today I have reasonable doubts about their investigation,” he notes.

Why, then, not only relatives, but also prosecutors, as well as investigators from Ukraine, doubt the words and actions of Iran?

As does the Canadian government. Of the 176 dead passengers, 57 were citizens of this country, 11 were citizens of Ukraine.

Citizens of Iran, Sweden, Afghanistan and Great Britain flew that tragic flight PS752.

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Ukraine was chosen as the speaker of a group of countries whose citizens were killed. She negotiates on behalf of all of them.

Why the airspace was not closed

In Baghdad on January 3, 2020, the US military killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with a targeted airstrike. In terms of influence in Iran, he was second only to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.

On the night of January 8, the Iranian military fired at two American bases in Iraq in retaliation. At the same time, Iran did not close its airspace, and the pilots of passenger liners did not receive information about the state of high alert of the Iranians. UIA says that the crew of that flight certainly did not have such data before departure.

And on January 8, at about half past four, Kiev time, a Ukrainian plane crashes into flames six minutes after takeoff. All 176 people on board are killed.

Amirala Alavi’s 50-year-old mother, Neda Sadig, died in the disaster. She was returning to Canada from a Christmas trip to her historical homeland.

“The day my mother died, I talked to her. This was our last call. I said I was worried about her. She replied that everything would be fine and we would see each other tomorrow,” the man recalls.

Ekaterina Gaponenko also discouraged her husband from flying to Tehran at the height of the escalation in the Middle East. He told her that he could not refuse. After all, then someone else will do it. The flight will not be canceled.

“Before he was supposed to fly to Tehran, she told him: “There are military operations there.” And he replied: “It seems to me that the Third World War will either begin or end.” That’s how it happened,” recalls Gaponenko.

On January 9, Iran unexpectedly bulldozes the crash site.

On January 10, Ukrainian experts arrived at the scene of the tragedy and found signs of a missile strike on the plane. The Prime Minister of Canada spoke directly about the fact that they were shot down.

On January 11, Iranian authorities admitted that they had shot down the plane with two anti-aircraft missiles.

“As soon as I was informed that this was due to an unfortunate and unacceptable mistake, I immediately ordered officials to make this information public so that the public knew about it,” Iranian President Rouhani said.

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During the year, Ukrainian experts got access to the crash site only once. Two days after the disaster, they found him without any protection.

“It was after this that the Iranian side, I emphasize, was forced to admit the fact that the plane was shot down precisely by the air defense system,” said Yevgeny Enin.

Boeing 737-800 named "Romeo" was only three years old. A couple of days before his aborted flight, he passed a technical inspection. The liner was operated by one of the most experienced UIA crews.

“We are absolutely sure that there were no events that could lead to a disaster. This could only be an external factor,” says UIA airline president Evgeniy Dykhne.

"White spots" and disappeared personal belongings

Iran did not return most of the belongings of the deceased passengers and crew members to their families.

“A complete stranger sent me a photo of my wife’s medical certificate seven months after the plane crash. This man found him at the scene of the tragedy,” recalls Hamed Esmaelion.

Ekaterina Gaponenko found herself in the same situation.

“I was not given back his outerwear, nor his leather bag, nor personal documents, except for the pilot’s certificate, nor a tablet, nor a mobile phone, nor credit cards - nothing that could become evidence in this case,” she says.

In July, Iran cited a targeting error as the technical reason for the crash.

“This was due to human error in the procedure to adjust the radar, which resulted in a 107-degree error in the system,” the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization said in a July 12, 2020 report.

Almost seven months after the tragedy, Iran handed over the "black boxes" for decryption in France. Ukrainian experts were invited there. And only after that the first rounds of negotiations took place.

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Ukraine assured that they were constructive. This somewhat thawed the overall investigation process.

But since then, inconsistencies and “blank spots” in Iran’s official version that this is only a human unintentional error by the military have become more noticeable. They mistook the passenger plane for a US cruise missile that could have flown from Iraq. The punishment for such a crime in Iran is three years in prison.

“During the second round of negotiations, we began to receive at least some concrete answers from Iran. Now we have more questions than answers,” the Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine commented on the situation.

But what the families of the victims experienced and are going through will not be included in any reports and investigations. And this is key in the history of the crash.

“The eldest daughter says that she feels her father’s presence next to her. He helps her, protects her, supports her. Therefore, she does not want to go to the cemetery or to events honoring his memory. And the youngest daughter, she is seven years old, cries and is sad very often. She can be happy, but within five minutes she’s already crying bitterly, because dad is not around. He won’t see her success, how she went to first grade and got the first grade,” Vladimir Gaponenko’s wife Ekaterina is upset.

“Before, we managed it ourselves. But I see that we will still need the help of a psychologist,” she sums up.

Ukraine insists: first we need to establish the truth - why the plane was shot down.

Iran from time to time promises compensation to the families of the victims. Last time he announced the amount of $ 150.

“First, an objective determination of all the circumstances of this plane crash must take place. Then bring all those responsible to justice. Only after this can we talk about a decent amount of compensation. This is the order of priorities for the families of the victims. First of all, they strive to find out the truth about the causes of this disaster, no matter how terrible it was,” says Evgeniy Enin.

The families of the victims are hoping for international justice. This can be international arbitration, the International Court of Justice, or the International Criminal Court. The Ukrainian authorities also admit this scenario of seeking the truth.

“It is important to investigate. And after that, go to the International Court of Justice. Truth and justice are interconnected things. We must establish the truth in order to go to court. And we need a court to protect the truth,” says Amirali Alavi.

The president of UIA also agrees with this.

“We certainly must not allow this story to be forgotten before it receives its fair resolution. The UIA company, the state of Ukraine, and also, I hope, the state of Canada will do everything to prevent Iran from evading this decision,” Yevgeny Dykhne is convinced.

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Was it possible not to notice an error of 107 degrees during guidance, especially by an experienced military man from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps? Could they shoot without command from above?

A passenger Boeing is twice as long as a cruise missile and flies many times slower. In the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, military commands and crews must be recorded. Will Iran provide this data?

The passenger plane had its own special code to identify it. Why did the air defense system not identify it?

The Iranian authorities argue that this air defense system was not integrated into the air defense system of this country, equipped with radars, which immediately identifies foreign military targets when crossing the state border.

Is it technically and militarily possible? Could the gunner have confused the parts of the world in the city, where they are determined along the line of the mountains? These are just a few examples of the many open questions.

“How did it happen that the airspace was not closed? Why did the airport remain open? How could this even happen in our time? We have to ask ourselves all these difficult questions,” says François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

“Behind us is a coalition of powerful states. The truth is behind us. We are convinced that sooner or later we will achieve the result that we have set for ourselves,” Evgeniy Enin is confident.

The Ukrainian Boeing Romeo, having burned out from the inside, flew into the sky forever along with its last crew and passengers.

But on earth his mission is not completed. It is important to do everything to ensure that errors in the civil aviation security system are corrected and those responsible are brought to justice.

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