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The families of the 72 victims of the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal are threatened with losing compensation of IDR 1.5 billion each. Photos/NDTV
KATHMANDU – The grieving families of the 72 victims of the plane crash tragedy Yeti Airlines threatened with loss of compensation of USD100,000 each (more than IDR 1.5 billion).
The reason is the government Nepal has not ratified important rules regarding airline liability for insurance.
On January 15, a Yeti Airlines plane crashed into a ravine near the newly built airport in Pokhara. The tragedy killed 72 passengers and crew on board, including several foreigners.
The crash of Yeti Airlines was recorded as the country’s worst air disaster in the last 30 years.
Also read: The Yeti Airlines Tragedy Carried 72 People in Nepal: No One Has Been Found Alive
Quoting a report from The Kathmandu Post, Friday (20/1/2023), in 2020, Nepal finalized a draft law (RUU) on the liability system for domestic passengers, two years after adopting the 1999 Montreal Convention which made airlines liable in the event of death or injury to passengers.
The airline and insurance liability bill had proposed a fivefold increase in compensation in the event of death or injury.
As per the draft law, domestic airlines must pay a minimum compensation of USD 100,000 for passenger injury or death.
Currently, the report continued, the minimum compensation for the death of airline passengers on domestic flights in Nepal is USD 20,000.
The bill says that airlines must make advance payments where deemed necessary to meet the immediate economic needs, and hardships suffered, to passengers or victims’ families.
