Families Demand Money For Ukrainian Air Show Tragedy

Stefan Kozakh, who heads an organization that represents the relatives, said the group had filed an appeal for compensation of $200,000 for each fatality.

So far, victims' families have received no compensation. In June, a military court sentenced the pilot and co-pilot, both of who ejected safely, to prison and ordered them to pay $2 million in compensation. But they each earn only about $200 per month, payment of the compensation appears unlikely.

The pilots were sentenced for trying to perform a maneuver at improperly low altitude and slamming the plane into a crowd at an air show near Lvov.

(AP/Interfax)

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