Families of Ethiopia airline crash victims get Sh156m

An Ethiopian Airlines plane. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Families of the 32 Kenyans who lost their lives in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash have started receiving Sh156 million ($1.45 million) in settlement from a US victim compensation fund.

The US opened a $500 million (Sh53.9) victim fund on Monday as part of the settlement to compensate the heirs, relatives and beneficiaries of the passengers who died in Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in 2018 and 2019.

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