Airline ordered to pay families of MH370 victims
A court in Beijing has ruled that Malaysian Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($A618,830) to the families of eight passengers missing during the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 more than a decade ago.
The court ordered the airline to pay compensation to each family for damages resulting from the death of their loved ones, funeral expenses and emotional distress, it said in a statement on Monday.
Although it is unknown what happened to the passengers, they were declared legally dead.
In 2014, 239 passengers and crew disappeared on the plane that departed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Despite years of searches, it is unknown why the plane crashed and what happened to those on board.
Most of the passengers were Chinese, and their families in China continued to search for answers.
The court said that 23 more cases are ongoing. In the other 47 cases, families reached an agreement with the airline companies and withdrew their cases.
The Malaysian government announced last week that it would continue the search for the missing plane on December 30.
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