Information on PS752 crew

Last updated on January 8, 2020 at 16:10

With due allowance for the complexity and duration of the flight, the UR-PSR aircraft's crew was augmented.

Flight crew comprised three pilots:

• Captain Volodymyr Gaponenko (11600 hours on Boeing 737aircraft including 5500 hours as captain);
• Instructor pilot Oleksiy Naumkin (12000 hours on Boeing 737 aircraft including 6600 hours as captain);
• First officer Serhii Khomenko (7600 hours on Boeing 737 aircraft).

"Tehran airport is anything but a simple one. Therefore, for several years UIA has been using this airport to conduct training on Boeing 737 aircraft aimed at evaluating pilots' proficiency and ability to act in emergency cases, – noted Ihor Sosnovsky, UIA Vice President Operations. – According to our records, the aircraft ascended as high as 2400 meters. Given the crew's experience, error probability is minimal. We do not even consider such a chance."

Cabin crew comprised six flight attendants:

• Ihor Matkov, chief flight attendant;
• Kateryna Statnik;
• Mariia Mykytiuk;
• Valeriia Ovcharuk;
• Yuliia Solohub;
• Denys Lykhno.

UIA condoles deeply to families and friends of the passengers and the crew.

The airline introduced Emergency Response Plan.