Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay US$3.3 million in compensation over missing MH370 plane

BEIJING: A Beijing court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay some families of missing passengers on board flight MH370 over 2.9 million yuan (US$410,240) per case in compensation, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday (Dec 8).

The rulings are for eight cases involving eight passengers, according to CCTV.

Another 47 cases have been settled and withdrawn, and the remaining 23 cases are still under trial, the broadcaster said.

Malaysia Airlines did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

The search for MH370 will resume on Dec 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said earlier this month.

It has been more than 10 years since the Beijing-bound flight disappeared while carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members.

Two-thirds of the passengers on the Boeing 777 plane were Chinese, while the others included Malaysians, Indonesians and Australians, as well as Indian, American, Dutch and French nationals.

Despite the largest search in aviation history, the plane has not been found.

The renewed search will go on for 55 days and be carried out in targeted areas “assessed to have the highest probability” of where the aircraft is located, said Malaysia’s transport ministry, without giving the precise location.