--- description: "The reactions ranged from blank horror and rage to despair and bitterness," a lawyer said title: Germanwings Victims' Relatives 'Appalled' by Compensation Offer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Germanwings Victims' Relatives 'Appalled' by Compensation Offer by [Carlo Angerer/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Carlo Angerer/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2015 2:31 PM CUT by [Carlo Angerer/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Carlo Angerer/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2015 2:31 PM CUT MAINZ, Germany — The families of passengers killed when a jet was deliberately crashed in the French Alps are “appalled” by a compensation offer made by Germanwings and parent company Lufthansa, according to their lawyers. “The reactions ranged from blank horror and rage to despair and bitterness,” Elmar Giemulla, a lawyer representing families of 35 victims, told NBC News. Lufthansa this week made an offer of 25,000 euros ($27,700) per victim and an additional 10,000 euros ($11,110) payment to each close relative as compensation for immaterial damage. This would come in addition to the 50,000 euros ($55,540) per victim that Lufthansa… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/german-plane-crash/germanwings-victims-families-appalled-compensation-offer-n386286?cid=par-time-article%5F20150703 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/"},"headline":"Germanwings Victims' Relatives 'Appalled' by Compensation Offer","datePublished":"2015-07-03T14:31:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:57:26.803Z","description":"\"The reactions ranged from blank horror and rage to despair and bitterness\"","url":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/","keywords":["Aviation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Carlo Angerer/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/","name":"Germanwings Victims' Relatives 'Appalled' by Compensation Offer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Germanwings Pilot Practiced Plane Crash","description":"A Germanwings plane crashes in the French Alps.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/A0rqqmZ7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-24T15:57:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/A0rqqmZ7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945581/germanwings-compensation-offer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```