AirAsia offers to pay for 'financial hardships' to families of QZ8501

January 05, 2015 12:10

Family members of those who died on board the AirAsia flight has said that they were presented with a draft letter from the airlines outlining details of preliminary compensation.

CNN reports that families are entitled to about $24,000 for each family member who was on the plane. While some families signed the letter, others requested revisions to the wording.

This compensation money is for any "financial hardships" during this period of the search, and in the letters AirAsia stressed that it was not a confirmation that their family members were deceased.

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