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.”