San Diego Student’s Family Sues Airliner Over Iran Missile Attack on Plane

People pause at a memorial prior to a ceremony to remember those who lost their lives in Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, in Montreal, Canada, on Jan. 19, 2020. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press

SAN DIEGO—The family of a San Diego college student killed while aboard a plane that was shot down over Iran two years ago filed a lawsuit on Jan. 5 against the Ukrainian airline, alleging it should have been aware it was unsafe to fly amid tensions in the region.

Sara Saadat, 23, a first-year doctoral student in clinical psychology at Alliant International University in Scripps Ranch, was among all 176 people killed aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Jan. 8, 2020.