What do you get if you survive a plane crash?

_Tombstone_

The National Institute of Mental Health says that the fear of flying, usually called aviophobia, affects 6.5 percent of the population, or approximately 20 million people. And while these fears are largely unfounded (according to a 2014 ICAO safety report the total number of plane accidents in 2013 was 90 world-wide with only 9 involving fatalities), it does happen. And it's a rather terrifying prospect.

We wondered about the more practical aspects of this fear. What happens if you die? What can your family recover? What happens if you survive? What are you entitled to?

http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/question/217065-what-do-you-get-if-you-survive-a-plane-crash

Pat Dunne

What happens if you survive? What are you entitled to?

A very large Bushmills.

Strumms

The Bottle

MaryAntoinette

New underwear anyway.

eatmyshorts

Pat Dunne wrote: »

A very large Bushmills.

The 21yo, of course.

Noxegon

For what it's worth, I was on board for an emergency landing in 2009 (http://avherald.com/h?article=421b2802&opt=0).

After we stopped, a crew member started coming back through the cabin with a bottle of water. He got to about row three, then went back to the galley briefly before resuming service with a bottle of vodka.

sword1

A quick Google and the passengers on the plane that landed on the Hudson got 5000 dollars, that was the headline, did not read story, I would think that is little for something so major

CarrickMcJoe

A second chance..

arubex

Under the Montreal Convention:

Up to 113,100 Special Drawing Rights ( SDRs ) for death or bodily injury.

Up to 1,131 Special Drawing Rights compensation for damage or destruction of baggage. If it was checked, then the airline is always responsible. If it was carried on person then the airline is only liable if they were at fault.

Right now 1 SDR is roughly equivalent to 1 EUR.

Other than that - if you walk away unscathed, you'll probably be given a flight voucher for another booking but the airline isn't on the peg for anything.



http://iftta.org/content/icao-revision-limits-liability-under-montreal-convention ( the other two SDRs are for delay to baggage / cargo and per-kilo for loss of cargo )

Tenger

arubex wrote: »

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Other than that - if you walk away unscathed, you'll probably be given a flight voucher for another booking but the airline isn't on the peg for anything.

I guess they can argue that getting you out/off alive was their "looking after you"


Anyone remember the scene in the film "Flight"..... "we only have to pay compensation to the families of the dead passengers, the crew signed up to it"

WoollyRedHat

A complimentary parachute.

smurfjed

A very large Bushmills.

Make sure not to take it before you do the pee test

jimbis

What if you 'injure' yourself coming down the slide? Like the small car accident that suddenly results in lower back pain after a visit to your solicitor.

coylemj

jimbis wrote: »

What if you 'injure' yourself coming down the slide? Like the small car accident that suddenly results in lower back pain after a visit to your solicitor.

Nobody is forced to go down the slide - except maybe the people sitting in the emergency exit row. So if you injure yourself, it could be said that it was a risk you took upon yourself by your decision to exit rather than stay put.

Hobson's Choice it may be but I can't see anyone getting compo for a broken ankle as a result of an emergency evacuation where the original incident was the result of something outside the airline's control.