They were newlyweds, university professors, students. Some were travelling with family. Some had left loved ones behind at the airport before boarding their flight. Here's a look at some of the Canadian victims on Flight PS752. Read more here:
This family of 3 from Metro Vancouver was among the victims, a friend of the family confirmed with CTV News. They were: Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi , Niloufar Ebrahim and Kamyar Ebnoddin Hamidi .
“It is devastating and so unfortunate for me and my family; young, newlywed, a couple gone forever,” he said. Ali Nafarieh, a Dalhousie professor, told CTV News Atlantic that Mansoumeh was "one of the top students" there. He commended her "skills and knowledge and experience" that she brought to an IT firm he also runs, and where she worked part time.Arasteh was a PhD student in biology and Pourjam was a biology alumnus at Carleton University in Ottawa.
“She had a fantastic sense of humour and she was great with the patients... She was friends with everybody on the team,” Turnbull told The Canadian Press.Dentist Ebrahim Kiani, who worked with Faghihi, said he first met her 25 years ago when she was the head of the periodontics department at the Shiraz University of Medical Science in Iran.
Asadi-Lari grew up in the U.K. and Iran, but settled in Canada six years ago. He joined Canadian Commission for UNESCO as a youth advisor in December 2016. The York Regional District School Board confirmed a number of its students died in the crash, but did not identify any individuals.Four students from Western University are among the people who died in the crash, the school has confirmed.
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