Supreme Court Takes Notice of Non-payment of Compensation to airblue Crash Affectees

[Abbas Ali]

Supreme Court has taken notice of non-payment of compensation to afectees of airblue Airbus A321 (AP-BJB) Karachi to Islamabad flight ED-202 that crashed in Islamabad on July 28, 2010. All 146 passengers and 6 crew members died in that crash.

The court directed airblue administration to bring affidavit with list of crash affectees who have received compensation and those who have not and submit compensation amount due to be paid in the court on May 13.

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[Abbas Ali]

Today, airblue at Supreme Court presented compensation cheques for 10 affectees of flight 202 crash. The airline informed the court that 142 affectees already have received compensation.

Each afectee has received compensation of PKR 5,000,000/-.

The court said compensation markup also will have to be paid to the affectees.

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[Abbas Ali]

Today, the Supreme Court of Pakistan imposed a fine of PKR 50,000/- for not submitting reply to questions asked by the court. The airline has been ordered to deposit the amount in Fatimid Foundation account.

A lawyer representing airblue informed the court that all affectees of the crash have received compensation except six passenger's families. The court remarked that it's hearing the case of those six passengers' families.

The Supreme Court remarked that the airline deposited compensation cheque(s) in the court instead of cash. The court ordered airblue to deposit compensation cheques for eight affectees to the court.

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