Five unregistered passengers were aboard crashed An-24 aircraft, says regional prosecutor

13:12, 14.02.2013 1 min read

According to preliminary information of Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, five passengers of the An-24 aircraft, which crash-landed at Donetsk Airport on Wednesday, were not registered for the flight.

Donetsk Regional Prosecutor Volodymyr Vyshynsky said this at a press conference on Thursday.

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 Wednesday 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, and nine were hospitalized.

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

A criminal case has been opened into the crash on charges of violating the air safety rules that resulted in the death of people. Ukraine's Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Officer is in charge of the inquiry.