DANA CRASH: RELATIVES TO RECEIVE N16M PER VICTIM(INSURANCE)

The management of Dana Air, is expected to pay not less
than $100,000.00 as insurance claims for each of the 153
passengers who died during the incident. This is in line with
the requirement of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
The expected compensation regime is also in line with the
the standard set by the ICAO, Montreal Convention, which a
few years ago raised the compensation to $100,000.00
from the $10,000.00 stipulated by ICAO, according to the
Warsaw Convention.
Also, DANA Air is expected to pay $250,000.00
respectively to the families of the two pilots, as
compensation, while, the six crew members’ will each be
paid $150,000.00 each.
However, the Government agency have begun DNA tests
for the 148 Dana crash victims who are already being
taken to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH)
morgue in Ikeja in order to allow their relatives to identify
them.According to a Federal Road Safety Commission
spokesman Jonas Agwu gave the details of the recovered
bodies as males 88, females 48 and children 12.
He noted the recovery of bodies would continue today. The
General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr Femi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said the DNA test is very important for victims
who burnt beyond recongnitions.
He said the tests were being carried out at LASUTH.
The bodies were taken to the morgues at LASUTH and the
Mainland General Hospital. An official said the identified
bodies were tagged. Another FRSC official Mr. Fatai
Adesina Bakare stated that, “We have also recovered a
number of personal effects, like handbags, traveler’s bags,
shoes, combs and cash.
“We have, for instance, an identity card of an employee of
NNPC, and from his purse, we recovered some cash, and
business cards, which have been lodged. We also
recovered a woman’s a purse containing $114 and N4,000
cash.”
“We have created a desk where all those personal effects
are been documented and officials who are in charge
would do justice to them and ensure that it gets to family
members of the victims safely.”