US Airways announced that it has sent a check of $5000 (for lost possessions) to each passenger that were on the flight 1549 that crash landed on the Hudson river. The airline also included the check for reimbursement of the ticket price. Though they did mention that the passenger’s possessions might not be returned for months (checked for weight and balance) till the investigation is complete.
The letter mentioned (from CNN) -
“The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their
investigation of this accident, and we are offering our full
participation and cooperation,” airline executive Kerry Hester wrote in
a letter accompanying each check.“Investigatory protocol
requires that the aircraft and all of its contents must be examined and
weighed prior to releasing any items onboard in order to verify the
weight and balance on the aircraft. … The process is to weigh all
items in their current state, dry them for eight weeks and then weigh
them again,” Hester wrote.“This means we cannot return your items to you until the NTSB
recovers and releases them, a process that will likely take several
months. It is also possible that some items may be unrecoverable.”The airline
also included checks to reimburse the 150 passengers for the costs of
their tickets. “This is an obvious reimbursement that we wanted to make
quickly to each of you,” the letter says.
