In an official statement released on Monday, the private airline said that the compensation will be given to heirs after they produced their legal heir-ship certificates and the nomination certificate.
It added that the heirs will then be paid an initial amount of Rs500,000, which will be deducted from the final settlement, to be ascertained as per law.
Bhoja Air can be contacted on 111-111-265 for any further queries regarding the compensation.
Earlier, talking to The Express Tribune, aviation lawyers said that under the Carriage by Air Act of 2012, the families of the Bhoja Air crash victims are entitled to at least Rs5 million in compensation.
Bhoja Air flights to resume after May 4
The statement added that despite the incident, Bhoja Air has continued its daily flight operations from Karachi to Lahore and back. It will resume Islamabad and Multan flights after May 4, 2012.
It added that all offices of the airline remained fully functional.
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@Abas,
There are laws that need to be followed. And there is a time frame within which they have to pay full amount.
You should note that all these airlines have comprehensive insurance policies and insurance companies pay to the airline very early.
@Abbas
People must not be made beggars out of by these corrupt businesses and businessmen!
If only they spent that money on the plane!
Let's be fair and realistic... arranging for 5 million rupees * 127 passengers is a serious amount of money, and it takes time for small airlines to go through the insurance process and get it.
We should complain if the money is not given in a reasonable amount of time, but for now, let's commend them for at least giving something.
Passengers of the ill-fated Bhoja Air flight B4-213 was crashed near Islamabad on April 20, 2012 and everybody on board died instantly.
The why should the legal heirs of the deceased passengers should be paid in installments?
@ Antebellum completely agree with you!
Rs0.5million initial compensation
They never ask for initial payment when booking for a flight ticket, they always want full payment in advance! Boja must be forced to at least pay the minimum amount set by the 2012 law, i.e Rs 5 Million.