Delta Airlines offers $30K to passengers in crash at Toronto airport
A spokesperson for Delta Airlines said the company's Care Team is telling passengers that "this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights."
Delta Airlines is offering $30,000 to each passenger onboard the flight that crashed at the Toronto Pearson airport on Monday, landing and flipping upside down.
None of the 80 passengers and crew died from the crash, but 21 people were injured, and only one of those is still hospitalized as of Wednesday. The plane flew out of Minneapolis, and the crash is being investigated by the Canadian Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
A spokesperson for Delta Airlines said the company's Care Team is telling passengers that "this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights," according to NBC News.
It is not clear how the passengers can claim their money, or how many have decided to take the funds so far. But if all 76 passengers accept the compensation the airline would need to pay nearly $2.3 million.
It is also not clear if the four crew members on the plane will be offered any compensation.
The cause of the crash is still being determined.
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