Ukraine International Airlines controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Family files wrongful-death suit against Ukraine International Airlines
Lawsuit filed
The family of Sara Saadat filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Ukraine International Airlines, alleging the airline should have known of the danger in Iranian airspace before the flight departed. The airline did not respond to a request for comment in the article.
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The lawsuit — filed by Saadat’s father, Addas Saadat, and brother, Armin Rei Collosi — argues that the airline decided to depart despite numerous warnings of unsafe skies and openly hostile aggression between Iran and other countries in the days and hours before the crash.
The lawsuit, filed in San Diego federal court Thursday, comes days short of the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2020, crash that killed
The family of a San Diego college student whose plane was struck by a missile while flying over Iran has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Ukrainian airline, saying it should have known the dangers of operating in the airspace.
2020
Destruction of Flight 752
A UIA aircraft was mistakenly shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shortly after takeoff from Tehran. The incident killed all 176 people aboard and led to later legal claims concerning compensation.
2016
Investigation into unpaid aviation fees
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau searched UIA offices in connection with an investigation into passenger-related fees allegedly not paid to the State Aviation Fund.