Honouring the Victims of Flight PS752



    Western mourns loss of community members

    Western remembers the lives of four graduate students - Hadis Hayatdavoudi, Milad Nahavandi, Ghazal Nourian and Sajedeh Saraeian - who died aboard Ukraine International Flight PS752 on Jan. 8, 2020.

    ghazal nourian


    Ghazal Nourian
    PhD candidate in Mechanical & Materials Engineering

    Milad Nahavandi


    Milad Nahavandi
    PhD candidate in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

    Hadis Hayatdavoudi


    Hadis Hayatdavoudi
    PhD candidate in Chemistry


    Sajedeh Saraeian


    Sajedeh Saraeian
    Incoming Masters student in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering



    Flight 752 Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Engineering and Science

    In memory of the four Western graduate students lost on Flight 752 this scholarship will be awarded annually to a full-time Master’s or Doctoral student in the Faculty of Engineering or the Faculty of Science, based on academic achievement and research merit. Preference will be given to an International Student from Iran.



    Western mourns loss of students on Flight PS752

    Western remembers the lives of four graduate students - Hadis Hayatdavoudi, Milad Nahavandi, Ghazal Nourian and Sajedeh Saraeian - who died aboard Ukraine International Flight PS752 on Jan. 8, 2020.

    Vigil honours students lost in Flight PS752


    Campus and community mourn, celebrate students

    Western News. January 15, 2020

    Western University held a memorial Wednesday night for the four graduate students who lost their lives in the Ukrainian plane downing in Iran. All 176 passengers were killed.

    Western mourns loss of students on Flight PS752

    Western News. January 8, 2020

    Western President Alan Shepard issued the following statement on January 8, regarding the deaths of four Western students aboard Ukraine International Flight PS752.