To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the catastrophe this month, an aerial tour is being offered that will give passengers a chance to gaze down on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the abandoned city of Pripyat.
The tour, operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, will take place on April 25, the eve of the date that Chernobyl's Reactor No, 4 exploded in 1986, sending a toxic plume of radioactivity into the skies over Europe.
It's a straightforward itinerary. For about $106 (2,970 Ukraine hryvnia), participants will get a place on an Embraer 195 passenger jet that will take off from Kiev's Boryspil Airport, then fly north to Chernobyl, taking in panoramas of the Exclusion Zone around the power plant.
Also available, according to UIA's description of the tour, is an opportunity to "take a photo in the cockpit and take a selfie with the pilot." The ticket also includes an aviation geek treat with a side tour of a Boeing 777 parked on the apron at Boryspil.
During the flight, organizers say the aircraft will stay above the minimum permitted height of 900 meters over Chernobyl, getting as close as possible to the nuclear power station without compromising safety.
Inflight information will be provided by guides from Chernobyl Tour, a well-known Ukrainian company that specializes in Exclusion Zone tourism.