The civil funeral of the Georgian pilots, rescuers and doctors, who died in the plane crash near Gudauri (Georgia’s Ski resort), will be held in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi today, from 10:00 to 14:00. After the funeral, the bodies of the pilots of the border police and the rescuers of the emergency management service will be transferred to different locations - their ancestral cemeteries - and will be buried with military honors.
Pilot Zaza Loria, pilot Dimitri Kaadze, pilot Levan Chokheli, pilot Andro Kujoshvili, rescuer Kakha Torchinava, rescuer Giorgi Margiani, doctor Ketevan Gulaghashvili and doctor Giorgi Venetsky died in the tragedy that shook the whole country. Under the government's decision, their families will receive one hundred thousand GEL.
A border police helicopter crashed near Gudauri on July 29. The helicopter, with the help of which the rescue operation of fallen paragliders was underway, lost control. As the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported, there were 8 people on board. All of them died. The paragliding instructor was injured, and the foreign tourist, who was with him, died.
The investigation into the violation of air transport operation rules is ongoing under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
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