Court ruling on Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 case

On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing all 176 people on board, including 55 Canadian citizens.
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While it was immediately suspected that the airplane was shot down, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization at first denied that a missile downed the Ukrainian passenger plane, refuting claims by Western countries that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile struck it accidentally.
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Three days later, Iran admitted that its forces had fired two missiles that accidentally shot down the Boeing 737-800 airliner.
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Gram Abbas Torki, the military prosecutor of Iran's Tehran Province, said that the reason why the Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down in Iran was "human error" and that three people have been arrested in connection with the accident.
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Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial summary or arbitrary Executions, announced the findings of the tragedy and said the explanations provided by the Iranian government were full of contradictions.
"The most troubling thing is that the relevant Iranian authorities are completely unreasonable about the mistakes they made, whether they were a single mistake or multiple mistakes," she told reporters.
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada ruled one year after the tragedy that the Iranian Revolutionary Army shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020.
On the basis of "weighing all possibilities", it determined that it determined that the flight was hit by two missiles shortly after taking off from Tehran that day, and it was a "deliberate" act and demanded compensation of hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars for the families of the victims, with the exact amount still to be reviewed.
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The plaintiffs' lawyers called the ruling "unprecedented in Canadian law."
They said in the statement: "This will have a significant impact on the immediate family members of the victims who are seeking justice."
The lawsuit was filed by four family members of the victims, seeking compensation of 1.5 billion Canadian dollars.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: What is PS 752?
A: It is flight 752 of the Ukraine International Airlines.

Q: What type of plane is it?
A: Boeing 737-800

Q: What happened to the flight?
A: It crashed shortly after taking off.

Q: When did it happen?
A: On January 8, 2020.

Q: What was the cause of the crash?
A: It was shot down by missiles fired by Iran.

Q: Did Iran admit firing the missiles?
A: Yes, although at the beginning it denied that.

Q: How many people were killed?
A: All the 176 people on board were killed.

Q: Did the United Nations make any comment?
A: Yes, a UN official denounced that explanations made by Iran.

Q: Where was the case trialed?
A: In the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada.

Q: Wha was the ruling?
A: It ruled that the Iranian Revolutionary Army shot down the  plane.

Q: Was a financial amount mentioned in the ruling?
A: No. Specific amount is still to be reviewed.

Q: What was the amount pursued by lawsuit filed by any family members of the victims?
A: Four family members of the victims were seeking compensation of 1.5 billion Canadian dollars.