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Relatives of Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash victims to receive 50 000 USD

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Indonesian search teams on Friday, May 11, found 12 bodies in the place of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash. Relatives of the victims will receive 50 000 US dollars compensation.

Family of each passenger who died in the accident will get 50 000 dollars compensation, Jakarta Globe cited words of the representative of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft in Indonesia.

Search works are being continued in the place of the accident, but the bad weather conditions is a burden.

BNN already reported that the Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 passenger plane with 46 people on board has gone missing during a demonstration flight in Indonesia on May 9. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said the contact was lost after 20 minutes from the take off after the place descended to 6 000 feet, simply “falling” from the sky.

Previously 48 persons were reported to be abroad the plane, but later three passengers turned out not to have been in the plane. There are no information about survivors.

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