MH370: Family received initial insurance payment of about U.S. $ 50,000 or about Rp590 million

MH370: Family received initial insurance payment of about U.S. $ 50,000 or about Rp590 million


Malaysia Airlines passenger aircraft families who lost receive initial compensation payments of about U.S. $ 50,000 or about Rp590 million.
So far, six families and one family Malaysian of Chinese origin've got the money and the insurance company are processing claims 40 other families of Chinese origin.

Relatives of the 239 passengers MH370 can ask for compensation of up to U.S. $ 175,000 (about 2 billion) per family.

Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Nothing remains of the plane was found until now.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Hamzah Zainudin stressed that the government has not officially stated that the plane was completely lost.

"When we talk about the payment in full, we had to wait until the issue of the tragedy MH370 is finished," he said.

Insurers Malaysia Airlines - a consortium led by German insurer Allianz - are the ones who pay.
Many relatives who refuse to accept the fact that their family members may have been killed.

A group of families expressed Click has brought U.S. $ 5 million to investigate the loss of the aircraft and encouraging people who may have information to disclose.

Search at sea which is located hundreds of miles from mainland Australia Click failed to find the remains of the plane.

The experts continue to conduct surveys on the seabed and using special tools.

They believe the plane ended up in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from the city of Perth, Australia. BBC