Nepal air crash victims will have to wait for insurers’ report for compensation: US-Bangla

US-Bangla Airlines says those got injured in the plane crash in Nepal and the families of the deceased will have to wait for the report by the insurers of the flight BS211.

“We are working to ensure that the families of the deceased and the injured people get the compensation in the minimum possible time.

"But, when and how much compensation they will get can only be said after the insurance companies’ evaluation report is available,” Kamrul Islam, a spokesperson for US-Bangla, told bdnews24.com on Saturday.

He said they sent a letter about the insurance claim to Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Limited immediately after the crash on Mar 12.

According to Kamrul, a general manager of US-Bangla, the BS211 was covered by insurance services of British company KM Dastur or KMD and Bangladesh government’s Sadharan Bima Corporation.

“We’ve informed the insurance firms. They have started working,” he said. 

He said Sena Kalyan and KMD already started investigating the crash. Sadharan Bima is also working, he said.

“We aren’t sure which firm will provide how much of the compensation because we did not face such a situation before,” he said.

Sadharan Bima says they are trying to ensure that the families of the deceased get $200,000 or Tk 16.6 million each.

The state-owned general insurance company’s Managing Director Syed Shahriyar Ahsan told bdnews24.com that the US-Bangla would get $70 million as compensation.

Three more survivors of the US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal have returned Dhaka on Friday, when they were admitted to the burns unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

“We are maintaining communications with all related parties. We will arrange the compensation for the families of the deceased after completing the investigation as early as possible,” he said.  

US-Bangla’s Kamrul said not all the families of the deceased will get the same amount of compensation.

The amount would vary on the basis of the number of family members, age, work status and many other factors, he said.

Asked whether the Nepal authorities will pay compensation if their negligence is found, Kamrul said it can be said only after getting the report of an investigation being conducted jointly by Bangladesh, Nepal, International Civil Aviation Organisation and Bombardier, the maker of the plane.