Victims of the Boeing 737 Max plane crash are to receive $144,500, (N53 million) from the plane manufacturer, as compensation for their families.

Recall that the Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, killed Pius Adesanmi, 148 passengers and eight crew members on March 10 2019.

Boeing said it has started to accept claims from families, which must be submitted before 2020.

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The payout is part of a $100 million financial assistance fund approved by the Chicago-based aircraft maker in July.

A Texas-based attorney, Nomaan Husain,  who is representing 15 families, told BBC that “$144,000 doesn’t come close to compensating any of our families or any of the families,”

“Half of the assistance cash will be spent on academic and developmental projects in communities affected by the crashes, while the other half will be used to make direct payments to the families of victims, the company had announced earlier.

“This is not something that is going to satisfy the families. The families really want answers.”

The BBC reports Robert Clifford, lead counsel for the victims of the Ethiopian airlines crash, as saying that families saw the initial announcement as a ‘diversionary tactic.’

He said they would like to have more detail on the specifics of what the half on education and development would be used for.