A family member of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cries on a bus before heading to the Malaysian embassy, outside Lido Hotel in Beijing, March 25, 2014. Bad weather and rough seas on Tuesday forced the suspension of the search for any
A family member of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cries on a bus before heading to the Malaysian embassy, outside Lido Hotel in Beijing, March 25, 2014. Bad weather and rough seas on Tuesday forced the suspension of the search for any wreckage of a missing Malaysian jetliner that officials are now sure crashed in the remote Indian Ocean with the loss of all 239 people on board. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

In a move that seems like a slap on Malaysia Airlines, the widow of a New Zealander who is one of the passengers of the missing Flight MH 370 rejected a $50,000 compensation offer from the air carrier.

According to the New Zealand Herald, Danica Weeks said that no amount of money would make up for the loss of her husband Paul Weeks from Christchurch, one of the 238 passengers and crew aboard the ill-fated plane that left Kuala Lumpur on March 8 whose final fate remains unknown.

She turned down the compensation offer, even if she has to raise on her own their two pre-school children in Perth, because the amount had a condition that she must fill up a detailed questionnaire. Her lawyer advised her to reject the monetary offer.

Weeks helped establish Voice370, a group made up of family members of MH 370 passengers and crew. The group said that they would prefer that the airline place more emphasis on finding out what happened to the missing Boeing 777 jet more than rushing to compensate family members of victims.

"We are left asking 'is any life worth so little? No sum of money, no matter how great, can compensate the families for our losses. No amount of money can ever take the pain away. True justice cannot be measured by money," Voice370 said in a statement.

It added, "Malaysia Airlines cannot undo this tragedy. However, a fair and adequate compensation for all would reflect the magnitude of the effect this tragedy has had on our lives and should be commensurate to this being the worst aid tragedy the industry has ever seen."

However, Malaysia Airlines insisted that the $50,000 offer is only a partial payment and done in good faith with no strings attached. The advance compensation payment only aims to help ease the financial hardship the families of victims are undergoing.

"The payment and amount is being made in recognition of a non-binding, though widely followed and wholly appropriate international practice, with the payment being part of and to be offset against the final damages payable," a Malaysia Airlines spokesman said.

He added, "The payment being offered is not conditional on the families waiving any rights to claim further compensation from the airline and the families remain free to take whatever legal action they deem appropriate. However in order to receive the payment full personal details have been requested to ensure that the payment is made to the correct legally entitled beneficiary or next of kin."

Meanwhile, Sir Tim Clark, chief executive of Emirates Airlines, told German daily Der Spiegel that he believes MH 370 was not on autopilot when it disappeared and it was under control to its end. This is contrary to the current popular theory that the aircraft used up its fuel and crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.

He urged a thorough examination of every single second of the jet, even as he observed lack of trace of the missing plane and sought improved transparency in the investigation phase.

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