Air India announces ₹25 lakh interim payment to families of deceased, survivor in Ahmedabad plane crash
Air India Plane crash: Air India will be providing an interim payment of ₹ 25 lakh each to the families of the deceased and to the survivor of the Ahmedabad plane crash to help address immediate financial needs, the Tata Group owned airline announced on Saturday.
The latest amount announced will be paid in addition to the Tata Son's previously promised compensation of ₹ 1 lakh to families of each passenger who lost their lives in the deadly crash, stated Air India.
As many as 270 people, including MBBS students, a resident PG doctor were killed after an Air India plane — a Boeing 787 — smashed into BJ Medical College's hostel in Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12. Only one passenger who was seated on 11A at the time of the crash, miraculously survived.
Air India's statement
Yesterday, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata Group, described 12 June as one of the "darkest days in the Tata Group's history" in an internal letter to employees.
All 241 passengers aboard the ill fated flight, including former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani lost their lives in the deadly crash. Only one Indian-born British national — Ramesh Vishwaskumar miraculously survived.
Aged 40-years, Ramesh Vishwaskumar was visiting India to meet his elder brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh, who was also travelling with him in the same aircraft.
'I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were bodies all around me,' Ramesh told Hindustan Times, adding that 'there were pieces of the plane scattered everywhere.'
Earlier in the day, Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote to Air India, demanding ₹ 1 crore each to the doctors and people who lost their lives around the hostel.
The IMA president Dr Anil Kumar J Nayak also sought Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran to announce a package after conducting a survey for any student or resident who is injured or disabled.
The aviation ministry said that the last message of the pilot before crashing was 'Mayday', adding that the flight had climbed 650 feet in the air before it started descending.
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