PIA grants Rs500,000 to families of plane crash victims
This will be followed by a comprehensive compensation package as per law.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan International Airline (PIA) on Thursday has started to provide Rs500,000 to the families of plane crash victims.
According to a press release by PIA, following the directions of Chairman and CEO PIA the amount is being given to the next of kin of all the 47 persons who lost their lives in the tragic ATR crash, to meet funeral expenses.
District managers have been directed to personally visit the residences of the deceased and hand over the amount in cash.
This will be followed by a comprehensive compensation package as per law.
An ATR-42 also known as PK-661 was en route to Islamabad from Chitral on Wednesday evening when it lost communication with air traffic control and crashed some ten kilometers of Havelian.
All 47 persons on board the ill-fated aircraft including five crew members and known religious scholar Junaid Jamshed, his wife along with Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chitral Osama Warraich were confirmed dead.
