Ukraine cannot believe it downed russian passenger plane
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office deems it necessary to lift from the Black Sea bottom the wreckage of the Russian Tu-154 downed by a Ukrainian missile, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun said on Thursday in Odessa.
In his words, Ukraine “sent a letter to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office asking for help in the legal field.” Piskun noted that to hold a technical expertise, additional materials are needed. According to the prosecutor, “there is certain damage to be examined”, that’s why the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office asks Russians to help lift the wreckage of the aircraft.
Meanwhile, a lot of experts have opined that an operation to lift the Tu-154 wreckage from a 2,000m depth is impossible.
The plane was downed on October 4th, 2001 by a Ukrainian S-200 missile launched during anti-aircraft defense exercises in the Crimea. The catastrophe killed 78 people – 66 passengers, mostly Israelis, and 12 crew.
(RIA Novosti)
Five ukrainian gelerals brought to trial for crash of russian plane over Black sea
During the investigation into the crash of the Russian liner Tu-154 downed on October 4th, 2001, over the Black Sea by a Ukrainian missile, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office “brings charges against five generals of the country’s army”, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun said on Thursday in Odessa.
In his words, “to complete the investigation of the case, involving five accused Ukrainian army generals, we need the conclusions of a technical expertise.” The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office demands that the technical expertise be conducted not only on the wreckage the size of 2.5m on 1.5m, but on as many plane fragments as possible, Piskun said.
On Tuesday, Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Atamanyuk said that a pre-trial inquest was underway in respect of this case now, and no officials had been accused yet. Criminal proceedings in respect of particular persons during the pre-trial investigation might be launched in accordance with articles “Negligent attitude to the military service” and “Abuse of authority”.
The Tu-154 was downed on October 4th, 2001, by a Ukrainian S-200 missile launched during anti-aircraft defense exercises in the Crimea. The crash killed 78 people – 66 passengers (mostly Israelis) and 12 crew.
(RIA Novosti)
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December 7, 2002 at 6:41 pm