The Cabinet of Ministers, not later than Monday, February 18, will decide on the payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash landing of a plane near Donetsk, the head of the government commission investigating the causes of the accident, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul, has said.
“The government is preparing a decision, and it will be taken no later than Monday,” he told journalists in Kyiv on Friday, February 15.
Vilkul noted that the amount of compensation would be at least UAH 100,000.
As reported, the An-24 aircraft of South Airlines on flight from Odesa to Donetsk made an emergency landing at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport at 1824 on February 13. During the landing the aircraft hit a weather tower, the right wing grazed the ground, and then it overturned and its fuselage broke.
A total of 52 people were on board the aircraft, including eight crewmembers. Five people were killed, and nine were hospitalized.
