Those who were injured and families of those who were killed in the February 13 plane crash in Donetsk will each receive financial assistance of UAH 25,000 and UAH 100,000, respectively, Interfax-Ukraine learned at the press service of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul.

The government decided at its meeting on Monday to provide financial assistance to the victims of the An-24 aircraft crash in Donetsk. "Those injured in the crash will receive UAH 25,000 each, and the families of those killed in the crash will get UAH 100,000 each in financial assistance," the press service quoted Vilkul as saying.

The press service also added that the situation is under constant control of the country's leadership, and noted that the flight recorders were being examined. The final findings about the cause of the accident will be named later by a government commission.

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 (eight according to other sources) were hospitalized.

The An-24 aircraft was produced in 1973.

It was a charter flight, and all the passengers were football fans heading for Donetsk to watch Shakhtar Donetsk play Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League round of 16.

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.

The State Aviation Service has suspended the work of South Airlines.

South Airlines was established in 1999. Its fleet consists of four types of aircraft: Yak-42D, Saab 340B, Embraer-500 and An-24RV aircraft.