SunstarTV Bureau: Air India Express has completed the disbursement of compensation to all the victims of Kozhikode plane crash.
In August this year, an Air India Express flight from Dubai to Kozhikode in Kerala suffered one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian history killing 21 people on board, including both the pilots and leaving many others severely injured.
“Air India Express has completed the disbursement of interim compensation to all the passengers & family members of passengers died in Kozhikode plane crash. Total compensation to the tune of Rs 4.25 crores already paid”, informed Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
Air India Express has completed the disbursement of interim compensation to all the passengers & family members of passengers died in Kozhikode plane crash. Total compensation to the tune of Rs 4.25 crores already paid: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri pic.twitter.com/GnCprrHM3W
— ANI (@ANI) December 29, 2020
The story of the dreadful night:
Air India Express flight 1344 overshot the tabletop runway at Kozhikode International Airport late night on August 7. The flight was a part of the government’s Vande Bharat Mission launched in May to repatriate Indian citizens stuck abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last month, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the aviation ministry along with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a plea seeking to install a fail-safe mechanism to prevent aircraft from overshooting tabletop runways at airports like Mangaluru and Kozhikode.
The plea sought that the aviation ministry install Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) that will help stop airplanes from overshooting runways as did in case of the Dubai-Kozhikode flight.
