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Singapore Airlines offers compensation for turbulence flight

Marketplace All-in-One

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News, Business

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

From the BBC World Service: Singapore Airlines has offered $10,000 compensation payments to passengers who suffered minor injuries during a flight that hit sudden, extreme turbulence last month. Then, European soccer championships kick off on Friday, and a thriving market has popped up to sell counterfeit replica kits. And later: Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie industry, could be worth as much as $15 billion by 2025, but questions are being raised over safety.

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0:00.0

Singapore Airlines is offering payouts after its turbulence tragedy.

0:05.0

Hello, I'm Leanna Byrne and thank you for tuning into the Marketplace Morning Report and we are live from the BBC World Service.

0:11.0

Singapore Airlines has offered $10,000 to each passenger who suffered minor injuries.

0:17.1

One of its flights was hit by severe turbulence.

0:20.1

Passengers with more serious injuries are getting $25,000. It happened last month

0:24.8

when its plane was flying over at Myanmar on its way to Singapore and suddenly

0:28.7

dropped 177 feet in four seconds. People not wearing seat belts hit the cabin ceiling when

0:34.8

passenger died of a suspected heart attack. Many others were treated in hospital.

0:39.5

Now millions of soccer fans in Europe are getting excited ahead of the start of the euros on Friday

0:45.3

but one dad says he can't afford to buy his children officially licensed team shirts.

0:50.6

I can get basically shirts for all four of my children for the cost of one shirt legitimately.

0:56.7

There are children who are demanding and parents are under a lot of pressure.

1:03.0

Replicas of the team shirts are big business.

1:05.0

In fact, the prices being charged to fans are rocketing,

1:08.0

which has led to huge increase in counterfeit shirts.

1:11.0

The BBC's business reporter, Pien Antoine Denny, can tell us more.

1:14.4

Hello. Hello, hello, Lena.

1:16.4

Listen, I just want to know how much soccer shirt is going to set me back now these days.

1:21.6

Well, let's say that if you want to go the official route,

1:26.0

that will set you back about $108 for the official replica kit.

1:32.0

It kind of shocks some buyers who just went out there looking for other options.

1:37.0

The popularity of this website that are selling really, really good replica are basically on the rise.

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