We’d be surprised if anyone got their luggage back in good condition!
U.S. Airways has issued each survivor of the flight that made an emergency landing on NY’s Hudson River on January 15th a check for $5,000.
Any passenger belongings recovered must be fully analyzed as part of the crash investigation, and it can take months!
In a note that went out with the checks, an airline suit said:
“The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their investigation of this accident, and we are offering our full participation and cooperation… Investigatory protocol requires that the aircraft and all of its contents must be examined and weighed prior to releasing any items onboard in order to verify the weight and balance on the aircraft. … The process is to weigh all items in their current state, dry them for eight weeks and then weigh them again. This means we cannot return your items to you until the NTSB recovers and releases them, a process that will likely take several months. It is also possible that some items may be unrecoverable.”
The airline also included checks to reimburse the survivors for the costs of their tickets.
The money is nice, but….
We’re so thankful that everyone got off that plane alive!
[Image via WENN.]
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