Germanwings Offers to Pay, Families React in 'Horror'

Offer of $27K per victim isn't nearly enough: lawyer
Posted Jul 3, 2015 7:52 AM CDT
Germanwings Offers to Pay, Families React in 'Horror'
In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, French emergency rescue services work among debris of the Germanwings passenger jet at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France.   (AP Photo/Yves Malenfer, Ministere de l'Interieur)

Relatives of victims of the Germanwings plane crash say they're "appalled" by a compensation offer meant to ease their suffering. Parent company Lufthansa says it will pay $27,700 per victim—in addition to some $55,540 paid immediately after the crash—plus an $11,110 payment to each immediate family member for immaterial damage.

Immediate relatives are considered children, parents, and partners, a lawyer representing families of 35 victims tells NBC News, adding "reactions ranged from blank horror and rage to despair and bitterness." Reps for the families add Air France gave $1.1 million per victim after a crash in 2000. Any compensation for material damages has yet to be decided. (More Germanwings crash stories.)

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