Relatives awarded €13.7m for jet crash deaths

THE surviving relatives of four family members killed when a Marine fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 were awarded $17.8 million (€13.7m) by a judge.

Don Yoon, who lost his wife, his mother-in-law and two of his children when an F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet crashed into and incinerated their home, was awarded $9.6 million (€7.4m) by US district judge Jeffrey Miller, court documents show.

Yoon’s father-in-law, Sanghyun Lee, 67, was awarded $3.7m (€2.8m) in the decision, according to the court papers.