In the Singapore Air crash injured passengers and the families of deceased passengers should demand without delay full Special Drawing Rights, approximately $125,000 maximum from Singapore Airlines. Note, this $125,000 is only an advance payment on the total damages and should not be considered the total settlement. The families of these injured passengers should use caution to avoid being duped into signing a full release upon receipt of these SDR funds from Singapore Airlines. These funds are only an advance on damages. The family should retain an aviation injury attorney.

Injury and death to passengers on international flights like the Singapore Air disaster leave survivors with collectible damages limited by the provisions of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Intra-Carrier Agreement. The airlines who signed this international agreement agree to pay without regard to liability what the agreement identifies as Special Drawing Rights or SDRs to the injured passengers and families of deceased passengers a maximum advance sum of approximately $125,000. This is only an advance on the total damages and its purpose is to give families peace of mind and economic stability during the initial turmoil of the reality that a love one has been injured or killed in an airline crash.

This $125,000 is only an advance; if the airline cannot prove it took all necessary measures to prevent the international accident then full damages are recoverable. Recoverable damages are past and future medical bills, past and future wage losses, future disability, diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering, past and future emotional suffering. In some instances an injured passenger of an airline crash or the estate of a deceased passenger may recover for the hellish few moments of knowing she was going to die or be injured prior to ground impact or in the Singapore case prior to injury from the fire and smoke inhalation. Fire and smoke inhalation is often the cause of death in airline ground disasters such as the Singapore Air crash. An autopsy should be done to determine if death was instantaneous or resulted from fire and smoke inhalation. Hire an aviation injury attorney to represent you.


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