Equal compensation pledged for all crash victims' relatives

Relatives of those who died in last week's plane crash in Taipei, whether from Taiwan or the Chinese mainland, will receive equal compensation, a TransAsia Airways company executive said on Sunday.

In a statement released on the company's website, Chen Xinde, the airline's chief executive, said compensation will be awarded under the principle of "equal treatment for all people on board the flight" who died in the crash.

Company representatives also met with survivors of the crash to discuss compensation and other matters as rescuers continued to search for three people still missing, including two from the mainland. Divers were using metal detectors to locate the passengers' watches or seat belts at the scene on Sunday.