Originally posted by Peter Kesternich
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Although the Dutch authorities were initially reluctant to blame Captain Veldhuyzen van Zanten and his crew,[2][34] the airline ultimately accepted responsibility for the accident. KLM paid the victims or their families compensation ranging between $58,000 and $600,000.[3] As reported in a March 25, 1980, Washington Post article, the sum of settlements for property and damages was $110 million (an average of $189,000 per victim,[citation needed] due to limitations imposed by European Compensation Conventions in effect at the time).
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