Asiana airlines offers $10,000 to crash survivors

Asiana Airlines said Sunday, August 11, it was offering an initial compensation payment worth $10,000 to all surviving passengers on board a plane that crash landed in San Francisco airport last month. The crash killed 3 people and left 180 injured. The South Korean airline is offering the cash to help the 288 surviving passengers meet urgent medical expenses and other needs before final compensation amounts are decided later. Those who were relatively unharmed and whose ultimate compensation may come to less than $10,000 will still be allowed to keep the rest of the money, she added. The tail of the Boeing 777 passenger jet from Shanghai via Seoul broke off after clipping a seawall short of the runway, prompting the aircraft skid out of control and catch fire.


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