MH370: Beijing court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay families over RM1.68mil in compensation per case
Nation
Monday, 08 Dec 2025
7:25 PM MYT

BEIJING: A Beijing court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay some families of missing passengers onboard flight MH370 over 2.9mil yuan (RM1.686mil) per case in compensation, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday (Dec 8).

The rulings are for eight cases involving eight passengers, according to CCTV.

Another 47 cases have been settled and withdrawn, and the remaining 23 cases are still under trial, the broadcaster said.

Malaysia Airlines did not immediately reply to a request for comment. — Reuters

Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025...sation-per-case

MAS probably will pay ?

current MAS is new entity form after the incident and hence has no obligation to pay ko

Ooo didn’t know got loophole

Might be a separate entity: https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2025/12/...ay-over-us33mil

MH370: Beijing court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay over US$3.3mil in compensation
By Afp
December 8, 2025 @ 10:13am

BEIJING: A Beijing court said Monday it had ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay compensation to the families of eight passengers from flight MH370, more than a decade after the plane disappeared.

The Chaoyang District People's Court said in a statement that 47 other lawsuits had been withdrawn, after the families settled outside of court with Malaysia Airlines and its international arm, Malaysia Airlines International.

The court said that the compensation ruled on Friday was to cover funeral expenses, emotional distress, and other losses, with each family to receive over 2.9 million yuan (US$410,000).

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Despite the largest search in aviation history, the plane has not been found.

Two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese, while the others included Malaysians, Indonesians and Australians, as well as Indian, US, Dutch and French nationals.

Of the original 78 cases brought by families following the plane crash, the court in Beijing said that 23 were still pending.

The families of those passengers "have either not yet applied for a declaration of death or have not yet completed the declaration process", according to the court.

The eight passengers whose families were granted compensation by the court have been declared legally deceased.

The court announcement comes days after Malaysian authorities announced the search for the plane would resume at the end of December, a decision welcomed by China's foreign ministry and victims' relatives.

See Malaysia Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015

Further reading: https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/331423

they got insurance to make payout.... not really MAS pay

And who paid the insurance premiums?

Thanks