...Never heard of any other Airline compensating Passengers after an Inflight Emergency outside of offering them a Travel Voucher and Hotel Stay....
This is a second identical catastrophic engine failure on the port wing of a Southwest Airlines 737. This time it caused one death. I don’t remember anyone getting cash on the first one.
I’m sure the fact that the Aircraft experienced explosive decompression, one person was killed and several were injured drove the decision to Compensate the Passengers.
Now we will be seeing Stress Related Lawsuits from the incident. If SW doesn’t have its Ducks in a row regarding Maintenance, they will be paying big bucks.
If they did everything they had to do, the Engine Manufacturer is next on the Lawyer’s hit list, no doubt.