Families of the 10 Indian victims, among a total of 290, will get an ex-gratia payment of $250,000 (Rs 40 lakh) each for the wage earners and $100,000 (Rs 16 lakh) each for the other victims who were on an unarmed civilian Iranian airliner shot down by the US. naval ship Vincennes in the Gulf on July 3, 1988.
The US. State Department announced compensation for the families of those aboard the ill-fated aircraft.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 1, 1989
