Media: relatives of the deceased in an emergency under the Donetsk Germans will sue Ukraine

Relatives of the Germans who died in the crash of flight MH17 under the Donetsk have plans to sue the Ukrainian government and the President of Petro Poroshenko, informs.

desire three German families is 63-year-old Lawyer, specialist in aviation law Elmar Giemulla. In conversation Bild am Sonntag he said he wants to file a lawsuit in the European court of human rights, " presumably in two weeks ".

Under international law, each country is responsible for its airspace open for transit flights, said Gialla. According to him, the state is obliged to ensure the security of its airspace, but in this case it was not. So, Ukraine has committed a violation of human rights, he was quoted saying by Bild am Sonntag.

The lawyer believes that the relatives of the victims in addition to compensation for material damage must be compensated for transferred their moral suffering." I am guided by the sum of one million euros for each victim, " said Gialla.

Flight MH17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17, in the Donetsk region. Loss of life is 298 persons, and among them four German citizen. Gialla said that At this point in time nobody knows exactly who's to blame for the plane crash, but the Ukraine, According to him, bears at least partial responsibility for this catastrophe.


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