An Indonesian airline will give families US$55,000 (¤42,000) for each of the 96 passengers on a jetliner that crashed into the sea on New Year's Day, The Associated Press quoted an airline official as saying today. The Adam Air Boeing 737 fell off radars halfway through a two-hour flight from the main island of Java to Sulawesi island. The pilot was forced to twice change course because of rough weather, but the cause of the crash is not yet clear. «We are waiting for relatives of the passengers to submit all the necessary data and information,» said Adam Air spokesman Ali Leonardi. «We'll deliver the money as soon as we can after that.» Relatives will receive US$55,000 (¤42,000) for each Flight KI-574 passenger, he said. Families of crew members will also be compensated, he added, without providing any details.
