Victims' families unhappy with offer

Victims' families unhappy with offer

SINGAPORE (DPA): Families of victims killed in a recent air crash are unhappy with compensation offers from the Singapore airline companies involved, a news report in the island republic said yesterday.

Singapore Airlines confirmed that it had offered settlements to several families of those killed when SilkAir flight MI 185 crashed into an Indonesian river Dec. 19, killing all 104 people on board. No cause for the crash has been determined.

SilkAir is a regional subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, the country's flag-carrier.

The amount offered was not disclosed, but earlier reports claimed that some families had been offered up to US$150,000. Under the terms of the Warsaw Convention, SilkAir and Singapore Airlines are liable for no more than $75,000, including legal expenses, or $58,000 plus legal expenses, for a ticketed passenger's death.