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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Air India pays interim compensation to families of 166 Ahmedabad crash victims
Air India has released interim compensation to the families of 166 victims who lost their lives in the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12. The Tata Group has also set up the 'AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust' for the victims of the crash(REUTERS) In a press statement released on Saturday, the airline stated that it had started releasing the interim compensation amount of ₹25 lakh to the affected families. The airline had announced the interim payment to help families 'meet their immediate financial needs', which will be adjusted against the final compensation of ₹75 lakh. 'Air India has, so far, released the interim compensation to the families of 147 of the 229 deceased passengers and also the 19 who lost their lives at the accident site,' the airline said. Meanwhile, Air India has also verified requisite documents of 52 other passengers, saying that the interim compensation to their families will be 'released progressively'. Apart from this, the Tata Group also set up the 'AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust' for the victims of the crash, pledging an ex-gratia payment of ₹1 crore for the affected families of each of the deceased. The trust will support the rebuilding of the infrastructure of the B J Medical College, where the plane crashed. It will also provide aid and assistance to help alleviate trauma or distress suffered by first responders, relief personnel, social workers and government staff who provided support in the aftermath of the incident. Govt holds meetings with Air India amid safety concerns The government has started holding direct talks with the management of Air India amid rising safety concerns, with the first such meeting happening on July 23. The government has directed the carrier to maintain the highest safety standards, and has set up a month-long timeline to reassess its operations. Earlier this week, an Air India flight arriving from Hong Kong caught fire at the Delhi airport after landing. Apart from this incident, a Kolkata-bound flight aborted takeoff owing to technical issues, and a Kochi-Mumbai flight swerved off from the runway during landing in heavy rain.
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Business Standard
18-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Tata group to set up ₹500-crore welfare trust for Air India crash victims
'The AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust' has been registered in Mumbai New Delhi The Tata Group on Friday announced it will set up a ₹500-crore welfare trust for the families of victims of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, which claimed the lives of all passengers on board except one. 'The AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust' has been registered in Mumbai. On July 4, Air India had announced that it has paid the compensation to families of nearly two-thirds of the victims who died in the crash. 'Our teams have been helping families receive interim compensation. Every affected family is being directly assisted by an Air India representative, with nearly two-thirds having already received payment or are in the final stages,' Air India Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Campbell Wilson told the airline's employees in an internal post, PTI reported. The investigation of the Flight AI171 plane crash has been hit by controversy after The Wall Street Journal reported that it was the flight's senior pilot, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who seemed to have moved the aircraft's fuel supply switches to the 'off' position.
