Delta Air Lines announced on Wednesday that it would provide $30,000 to every passenger on the flight from Minneapolis that crashed and overturned this week during its landing attempt in Toronto.
All 80 individuals — 76 passengers and four crew members — aboard Delta Flight 4819 survived after the aircraft had a rough landing and flipped over, ending upside down with its right wing detached at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
According to Delta, all but one of the 21 passengers transported to hospitals had been discharged by Wednesday morning. All the passengers sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.
On Wednesday, Delta verified that it had presented the $30,000 proposal to travelers.
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Three days after the accident, authorities have shared limited information regarding the investigation. On Wednesday, Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta, mentioned in a CBS interview that the flight was operated by a "skilled crew" but offered limited additional details.
It seems that travelers are already thinking about how to obtain compensation from Delta. Rochon Genova, a law firm from Canada, announced that it had been hired by several of the passengers.
As per international agreements, if an international aviation incident results in injury or fatality, airlines in the United States must provide advance payments to passengers if the airline concludes that these funds are essential for addressing their immediate financial requirements.
If a traveler passes away, the starting compensation should exceed roughly $20,000, as stated on the Delta Air Lines site, referencing the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions that regulate airline liability. If the passenger sustains injuries, the airline decides the payment amount.
Making this payment does not imply that the airline acknowledges responsibility. If travelers later receive compensation through a lawsuit, the initial payment will be subtracted from the total compensation amount.
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In 2013, Asiana Airlines extended a comparable payment proposal to survivors of a crash landing in San Francisco that resulted in the deaths of three individuals. The Korean airline provided $10,000 to every one of the 288 surviving passengers, stating that receiving the payment would not prevent them from pursuing legal action.
Numerous lawsuits were initiated against the airline and the aircraft’s manufacturer in the U.S., with some eventually resulting in settlements for undisclosed sums.
Last year, following a panel detachment from an Alaska Airlines aircraft during flight, the airline provided each passenger with a $1,500 payment and a complete refund to address “incidental expenses and ensure their urgent needs were met.”
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