Compensation to relatives of 13 Indians

DUBAI, Feb 12 (UNI) Relatives of the 13 Indian passengers, who died in the Kish Airline crash in Sharjah on Tuesday, will receive compensation as soon as the legal formalities are completed.

The local media quoted airline officials as saying that the total payout could be at least 22.85 million dirhams.

Though international regulations provide for 135,000 US dollars per person as compensation, Kish air might decide on the payout on its own terms as it is not a member of the International Air Transport Association.

It has, however, clarified that all their aircraft are fully insured.

A team of eight aviation officials from Iran yesterday visited the crash site from where the black box has been recovered which will help determine the cause of the accident.

The confusion over the number of Indians on board the plane arose as the passenger list did not have name of 14-month-old Ula Pervez, who was accompanying her father Ahmed Pervez, mother Shameem and sister Naama.