Ontario’s top court has upheld a judgment that determined Ukraine International Airlines is legally obligated to provide full compensation to the families of the victims who died when Flight PS752 was shot down in 2020.
The jetliner, bound for Canada via Ukraine, was downed by two Iranian missiles just minutes after taking off from Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020. All 176 people on board were killed, including nine crew members and 15 children.
Fifty-five of the victims were Canadian citizens, 30 permanent residents, and a number of others had connections to Canada.
The Montreal Convention, an international law that governs air travel, stipulates airlines are liable for verified damages up to US$180,000. Airlines are also liable for claims that exceed this amount unless they can prove the incident did not occur due to their own negligence….