FlyDubai will pay a hardship payment of $20,000 to the next of kin of each passenger who died in the plane crash that took place in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday.
In a statement on Monday, a FlyDubai spokesperson said that the priority for the airliner at the moment was to identify and contact the families of those who lost their lives in the accident and provide immediate support to those affected.
The company will additionally organise a programme of hardship payments to the families amounting to $20,000 per passenger, in accordance with its conditions of carriage, with the aim of addressing immediate financial needs, he said. The assistance is set to reach the families of Shyam Mohan and Anju, a young couple from Perumbavur in Ernakulam district, who died in the plane crash.
A statement attributed to the CEO of the airline said: “I am very sorry to say that we believe that there are no survivors. Onboard the aircraft, 55 passengers including 33 women, 18 men and 4 children and 7 crew members of whom 5 were male and 2 were female. The nationalities of the passengers included 44 Russians, eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbekistani”.
“I am personally leading our accident response with the support of the full management team.” he said.
Published - March 22, 2016 12:00 am IST
