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The bodies of five Odesa residents that were killed in the plane crash in Donetsk on February 13 have been identified, as of 1600 on Thursday, reads a posting on the official Web site of Odesa.

According to preliminary information, the victims of the plane crash will be taken to Odesa on Friday, February 15.

As reported, the An-24 aircraft of South Airlines on flight from Odesa to Donetsk overshot the runway at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport on February 13 in the evening. The aircraft overturned and the aircraft’s fuselage broke. A total of 52 people were on board the aircraft, including eight crewmembers.

Five people were killed in the crash, nine were hospitalized with injuries.

It was a charter flight, and all the passengers were football fans heading for Donetsk to watch Shakhtar Donetsk play Borussia Dortmund.