Flyers on the Delta plane that went belly-up as it crash-landed in a Toronto airport have been offered $30,000 with “no strings attached” in the crash aftermath, the airline confirmed Wednesday.
Passengers who accept the money – six times as much as passengers on the Miracle on Hudson flight were immediately given – could still take Delta to court after the terrifying ordeal unfolded at Pearson Toronto International Airport, in which all 80 people onboard survived Monday afternoon.
The payout to the 76 passengers on Flight 4819 could reach over $2.2 million combined. Four crew members were also on the flight from Minneapolis.
“Delta Care Team representatives are telling customers this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights,” an airline representative said in a statement to The Post.
Authorities said 21 people were hospitalized after the CRJ-900 jet skidded along the runway and flipped upside down.
A cause for the topsy-turvy landing is under investigation.
The offer from the airline is not unprecedented.
When US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River in 2009, the company sent $5,000 checks to each passenger that helped compensate for luggage left behind in the murky waters, according to reports at the time.
The airline also paid for the medical bills of flyers who required hospitalization and reimbursement for their tickets, NBC News reported at the time.
US Airways executive Kerry Hester also told flyers she was “truly sorry” in a letter, according to a past New York Times report.
The plane, which took off from LaGuardia Airport and was flown by now-famous pilot Chesley Sullenberger, had zero fatalities among the 155 people onboard and was quickly dubbed a miracle after its crash landing on the Hudson.
