Delta Air Lines offers $ 30,000 (23,792 British pounds) to every person on board an airplane that crashes in Toronto on Monday – all survivors.
As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane slid down the runway into flames before turning up and stopping upside down. Passengers describe their astonishment as most of them left without injury.
It remains unclear what caused the incident investigated.
There were 76 passengers and four crews in the flight that had traveled from the American city of Minneapolis before making their crash in Canada.
A Delta spokesman said the money offer has no strings attached and does not affect customer rights.
The Toronto Law Firm Roshon Genova says she was preserved by certain passengers and their families because of the crash.
Lawyer Vincent Genova said the group expects “timely and fair resolution”, emphasizing that his clients “have suffered personal injuries of serious nature that require hospital attention.”
In an email to the BBC, Mr. Genova said the $ 30,000 compensation is a “advance” payment designed to help victims of airline crashes with short-term financial challenges and the airline will strive to deduct it from all later settled claims S
There is a precedent of these types of payments, such as in 2013, when Asiana Airlines offered passengers from a plane crash in San Francisco $ 10,000 initial compensation.
Last year, Alaska Airlines offered a $ 1,500 cash payment after blowing the door to the door in the middle of the air on a flight from Portland.
Following the incident this week in Toronto, the crew of the aircraft and emergency were praised for their quick work on removing people from the destroyed vehicle. The various functions of the aircraft are also credited to ensure loss of life.
All 21 passengers who were taken to hospital were released until Thursday morning, the airline said.
The Delta chief told the US partner of BBC CBS News that the flight crew was tried and trained for any condition.
The leader of the airline Ed Bastian told CBS that the aircraft team had “presented heroic but as expected”, given that “safety is embedded in our system.” He said Delta continues to support those affected.
Several theories about what caused the crash have been offered to the BBC by experts who have examined the staff, including that harsh winter time and the rapid descent speed plays a role.
One passenger recalled “a very strong event” and the sound of “concrete and metal” at the time of impact. Another said the passengers were left to hang upside down in their seats “like bats”.
The voice recorder of the cockpit and the flight recorder have been restored by the remains. The investigation is led by the Canada Transport Safety Board (TSB), supported by US officials.
On Wednesday night, the remains were removed from the airport track.
The incident was the fourth major air incident in North America in a space of three weeks – and was followed on Wednesday by a crash in Arizona, in which two people lost their lives when their small planes collided.
Experts continue to insist that traveling an aircraft is extremely safe – in fact more than other forms of transport.
This message was emphasized by US Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy, who told CBS on Wednesday that there was no model behind the incidents, each of whom said it was “very unique”.