Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday that it was offering $ 30,000 to each passenger who was on a flight from Miniyapolis who crashed this week while trying to get to Toronto and turned upside down this week.
All 80 people-76 passengers and four crew members-who were at delta flight 4819, Jet survived after a thick landing and ended the belly-up with his right-wing clipping at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. .
Delta said that all of the 21 passengers who were taken to hospitals were released by Wednesday morning. None of the passengers had fatal injuries.
Delta on Wednesday confirmed that it had proposed $ 30,000 to passengers. Its representatives were telling the passengers that the proposal “no wire is attached and does not affect the rights,” a company spokesman said via email.
Three days after the accident, the authorities released some details about the investigation. On Wednesday, the Chief Executive Officer of the Delta, Ed Bastian, said in an interview on CBS that the flight was staffed by “experienced crew”, but provided some more information.
But it seems that passengers are already considering how to take compensation from delta. Canadian law firm Rochon Jenova said it was maintained by some passengers.
According to international treaties, when an international aviation accident causes injury or death, the airlines in the United States need to pay advance to passengers if the airline determines that to meet their immediate economic needs. Money is necessary for.
If a passenger dies, the initial payment Delta Air Lines according to the Air Lines website, should be more than $ 20,000, which cites Warsaw and Montreal Conferences that control the liability of the airplane. If the passenger is injured, the amount of payment is determined by the airline.
To pay this does not mean that the airline accepts liability. If the passengers later win compensation in a trial, the initial payment will be cut off from compensation.
In 2013, Ashiana Airlines proposed a similar payment to those who survived a crash landing in San Francisco, killing three people. The Korean airline offered $ 10,000 to each of the 288 living passengers, and said that the payment did not stop them from filing the cases.
Dozens of cases were filed against the airline and aircraft manufacturer in the United States, and some later reached the settlements for undeclared volume.
And last year, a panel after blowing up the middle-ups of the Alaska Airlines aircraft, the airline paid $ 1,500 to all passengers, as well as for a full return, “” their immediate needs to ensure contingency expenses. ” Was taken care of. “
