Air India disburses interim compensation to families of Ahmedabad crash victims

The Tata Group airline said it began releasing the interim payments over a month ago. The interim amount will be “adjusted against any final compensation” that may be announced for the families of those who died, it added.

“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. “In addition, the requisite documents of 52 others have been verified, to whose families the interim compensation will be released progressively.”

Apart from the interim compensation, the Tata Group has also set up a trust dedicated to those who died in the crash. “The Trust has pledged an ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 crore in respect of each of the deceased, and support for rebuilding the B.J. Medical College Hostel infrastructure, which was damaged in the accident,” Air India said on Saturday evening.