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Undue Privileges' from Pvt Airlines

Caab officials may face inquiry

Staff Correspondent
Civil Aviation Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal yesterday said his ministry would inquire if top officials of flight safety and regulations division of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) are taking any undue privileges from private airlines compromising with the safety rules.
"We will inquire into the matter and will ask the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to take actions accordingly, " the minister said in reply to a reporter's question.
Kamal was addressing a briefing at his office at the secretariat over paying compensation by the insurance company to dead victims and survivors suffering injuries in the US-Bangla plane crash.
An aircraft of the US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu Airport on March 12, killing at least 50 people including 27 Bangladeshis.
"We will provide legal support to the victims' families from our ministry so that they can get the compensation in the shortest possible time, ” he added.
According to the Warsaw Convention, the minister said each family of the deceased will get an approximately US $50,000 from the insurance company following some legal steps.
On the other hand, the survivors will also get compensation as per severity of their injuries.
The minister said the families need to submit succession certificates as per the law to the insurance company for claiming the compensation.
The minister also said he had directed the Civil Aviation Authority to assign its lawyer panel for providing legal support to the plane crash victims' families.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of US-Bangla Airlines Imran Asif, who was also present at the briefing, said currently the issue of disbursement of compensation to the families of all deceased or injured is considered the top priority.
"The insurance company is ready to give us compensation money for the crashed aircraft, but we asked the insurance company to give compensation to the victims first” he said. "The insurance company has appointed a lawyer who is keeping in touch with all families; moreover, we ran advertisements on national dailies to inform the families to provide necessary information," he said.
The local insurance agents of US-Bangla Airlines are Sadharan Bima Corporation and Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Ltd.