AI171 crash: Lawyer meets survivor's family, seeks answers from Boeing
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Time of India
9 hours ago
- Time of India
'Trials get dragged for years in India ...': Another AI crash victim's kin moves US court; seeks info from the black-box
NEW DELHI: Son of a Ahmadabad plane crash victim has moved US federal court against aircraft manufacturing company Boeing and sought "raw details of information from the black-box. " Hir Prajapati, son of victim Kalpana Ben Prajapati said that he filed the suit in US for an early verdict and cases in India get dragged for years. "We have hired Mike Andrews. We expect the raw details of information from the black-box to come before us at the earliest so that we can make further decisions regarding the next course of steps, along with our lawyer," Hir said. "In India, trials get dragged for years. We are fighting the case in the US so that a decision is pronounced early. We believe we will get justice. When the incident happened, the Govt helped us a lot. Police too helped us. We are thankful to the doctors too who handed over the bodies to us after a swift DNA mother, Kalpana Ben Prajapati, died in the accident. I had initially booked a 9th June flight for her but she had fast and she told me that she cannot travel that day. So, I then rescheduled it to 11th June. But she told me that she doesn't want to travel on an odd date. So, I finally booked a ticket for 12th June," he added Meanwhile, prominent US-based law firm Beasley Allen will represent at least 65 families from India and the US whose relatives died in the AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Do you have a mouse? Play this for 1 minute and see why everyone is crazy about it. Play Game Undo The law firm's aviation attorney and the lead lawyer for the AI-171 crash, Mike Andrews, is on a visit to India to meet families. He visited the plane crash site in Ahmedabad. Talking to media persons, Andrews said that the families he met in the UK and India expressed a burning desire for answers, transparency, and information. Andrews said that the legal options available to the family will primarily be based on what data shows and what the investigation reveals. "We visited the crash site and spoke with some of the individuals who were there. We were able to take some photographs and get a feeling of the size of the scene," said Andrews. The Boeing 787-8 plane en route to London from Ahmedabad crashed into a medical hostel shortly after take-off, killing 241 out of 242 people onboard and 19 on the ground. Andrews said that the data will give them an idea of which entity may or may not be responsible for the crash. He added that if Boeing is found to be responsible for this crash, the cases will be filed in the Federal court in the US. When asked about reports of a pilot error being responsible for the incident, Andrews said that more often than not, pilots who are deceased are the ones who are blamed. He added that in other incidents where the planes landed safely, the pilots were not blamed because those pilots can still speak for themselves. Andrews said that previous crashes taught us that the rush to reach a judgement on any crash is premature and speculative. "We need to wait to get all of the data," he said.
Mint
10 hours ago
- Mint
Air India plane crash: Man who lost mother moves US Federal Court against Boeing
The kin of Kalpana Prajapati, one of the victims of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash, have moved the US Federal Court against Boeing for speedy justice. Talking to news agency ANI, Hir Prajapati, Kalpana's son, said that the family has hired Mike Andrews, a US lawyer who is currently representing over 65 families affected by the tragic crash. He recently slammed Air India for compensation delays for the victims' families, claiming that it would not have happened if Ratan Tata, former Chairperson of the Tata Group, had been alive. 'We expect the raw details of information from the black-box to come before us at the earliest so that we can make further decisions regarding next course of steps, along with our lawyer,' he said. 'In India, trials get dragged for years. We are fighting the case in the US so that a decision is pronounced early. We believe we will get justice,' he added. Mir told ANI that the Indian government and police helped the Prajapati family 'a lot' at the time of the incident. 'We are thankful to the doctors, too, who handed over the bodies to us after a swift DNA test.' Sharing the tragic detail of the accident, Mir said his mother, Kalpana Prajapati, had rescheduled the flight twice only to end up on the fateful crash. 'I had initially booked a 9th June flight for her but she had fast and she told me that she cannot travel that day. So, I then rescheduled it to 11th June. But she told me that she doesn't want to travel on an odd date. So, I finally booked a ticket for 12th June,' he said. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among the 241 people who died in the June 12 crash of Air India flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad. The London-bound Boeing 787, carrying 242 people--including 230 passengers, 10 crew members, and two pilots--crashed shortly after takeoff.
The Hindu
11 hours ago
- The Hindu
Air India Express mulls more domestic services from Calicut airport
Air India Express will positively consider the demand to increase the number of domestic services from Calicut International Airport. Air India Express Managing Director Aloke Singh told MPs M.K. Raghavan and E.T. Mohammed Basheer in Delhi recently that the airline would no longer charge extra fares for Haj services from Calicut. He added that a new service from Calicut to Mumbai would be launched once the new airport at Navi Mumbai begins operations, while another service from Calicut to Goa is also under consideration. The MPs demanded that services from Calicut to Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata, as well as international routes such as Kuwait, Bahrain, and Al Ain, be operated daily. They also sought new services to Fujairah, Madinah, and Singapore.
