Delta Air Lines has announced that they will be offering $30,000 to each passenger who was on board a flight that crashed and flipped upside down while attempting to land in Toronto. The incident involved Delta Flight 4819, which carried 76 passengers and four crew members. Despite the plane making a rough landing and rolling over with its right wing sheared off, all 80 individuals on board survived, with only one passenger remaining in the hospital as of Wednesday morning.
The airline confirmed that they made the $30,000 offer to passengers with “no strings attached and does not affect rights.” While few details have been released about the investigation into the crash, it appears that some passengers are already considering seeking compensation from Delta. One Canadian law firm has announced that they have been retained by some of the passengers involved in the incident.
According to international treaties, airlines in the United States are required to make advance payments to passengers in the event of an international aviation accident causing injury or death. However, making these payments does not mean that the airline admits liability. In past incidents, such as the Asiana Airlines crash landing in San Francisco in 2013, survivors were also offered initial payments before later filing lawsuits against the airline.
In the case of the recent Delta flight crash in Toronto, the airline is taking steps to support the immediate needs of the passengers affected by the incident, despite the ongoing investigation into the cause of the crash.
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