By Jennifer Newton Malaysia Airlines is set to pay £30,000 to the families of passengers who were on board missing flight MH370 but the final amount of compensation will only be paid once the 'issue of the tragedy' is over, it has been reported. The airline is thought to have already paid £3,000 to family members in expenses as they waited in hotels in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing to hear news about their loved ones after the flight went missing in March. The Malaysian government has now set up a committee to oversee the needs of the families of the 239 people who are still missing after boarding the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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Payment has already been made to relatives to those who were on board
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But final compensation will only come once cause of crash is established
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Flight has still not been found since going missing in March
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Chinese relatives of passengers demanded to meet with airline officials
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Australia estimates it will spend £50million on search for airliner
Earlier this week it was revealed that the @placeholder government expects to spend around £50 million on the search by July 2015.