2002 in Ukraine explained

Events in the year 2002 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Leonid Kuchma
• Prime Minister: Anatoliy Kinakh (until 21 November), Viktor Yanukovych (from 21 November)

Events

• 27 July – A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, killing 77 people and injured 543, 100 of whom were hospitalized, making it the deadliest air show accident in history.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Deaths

• Nikolai Amosov, medical doctor (12 December)
• Valeriy Lobanovskyi, football player and manager (13 May)
• George Shevelov, linguist (12 April)

Notes and References

1. Stepanenko . Svetlana . August 21, 2002 . Deadly Performance. Ukrainian Militarys Prestige Crashes on Lvov Airfield . The Current Digest of the Russian Press . 54 . 30 . 16 . 2011-03-24 . Debris from the exploding SU-27 sprayed across the field for a distance of about 100 meters. As of yesterday, 83 people (19 of them children) were dead, and more than 100 were taken to the hospital with head injuries, burns and fractures..
2. Web site: EVXpress – Deadly Performance. Ukrainian Militarys Prestige Crashes on Lvov Airfield – The Current Digest of the Russian Press, 2002, No. 30, Vol. 54 . 2016-12-16 . dlib.eastview.com.
3. Kirillov . Roman . July 27, 2005 . Pilots Convicted for Disaster During Air Show . live . The Current Digest of the Russian Press . 56 . 26 . 9–10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330104143/http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/doc/13772846 . March 30, 2012 . 2011-03-24 . While performing an aerobatic maneuver, an SU-27 jet crashed into a crowd of spectators, leaving 77 people dead and another 543 injured. The commander of the plane's crew, Vladimir Toponar, was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, and copilot Yury Yegorov got eight years.
4. News: Kozyrieva . Tetiana . 8 September 2009 . Two Sknyliv boys seven years later . . 27 June 2015.
5. Web site: Jul 30, 2002 . Ukrainian, Russian papers assess plane crashes . news.bbc.co.uk . Mar 14, 2021.
6. News: 7 August 2002 . Ukraine crash report blames pilots . BBC News .