Quick question, Should the passengers be compensated?
They will all be compensated big time. The operators insurers will offer a large out of court settlement. The passengers may not settle for this - depending on the amount offered & whether they are angry enough to have their day in court regardless.
It will be a sizable settlement. Medical expenses - ka-ching. Lifetime loss of earnings - ka-ching. Pain and suffering - ka-ching. Psychological trauma - ka-ching. Post trauma stress, PTSD etc - ka-hing. It will make south pacific fuel look very cheap.
The outcome is bad enough to justify a large settlement. However the special audit is gold to the lawyers. They will be drooling over this today and sharply revising their idea of a reasonable settlement. I wonder who had to call Singapore and explain the audit had been leaked to the media.
The audit is damning, and paints a picture even worse than all the rumors over the years. It will take more than one reading to get across all the issues raised.
The broader issue is how such a damning special audit got so watered down in the final report.