Reporting on the Beijing court’s December 2025 announcement described compensation awards for eight passenger families. The first-instance decisions were reported as having been issued on 5 December and announced on 8 December.
AP reported awards of about 2.9 million yuan per family. This is a report of civil compensation proceedings, not a finding that resolves the cause of MH370’s disappearance.
For the later stage of the story, see the July 2026 appeal-hearing entry. The two dates should not be collapsed into a single final legal outcome.