Mangalore, May
21:
Air India
Express has said it has settled all 160 cases of compensation related to the
crash of one of its aircraft in the city in 2010.
The accident,
of the Air India Express IX-812, which was landing in from Dubai, had killed
158 people on May 22, 2010.
The dead
included 152 passengers and six crewmembers. Eight passengers survived the
accident.
Mr S.
Chandrakumar, Chief Operating Officer of Air India Express, told Business
Line that there were totally 160 compensation cases. All these cases have
been settled for a total sum of Rs 115.30 crore.
Of the 160
cases settled, 30 are of those who preferred to approach the Kerala High Court.
These 30 cases
are settled as per the direction of the division bench of Kerala High Court, he
said.
Mr H.D. Nanavati
from Mulla & Mulla, Mumbai, was the legal counsel for Air India for
settling the compensation related cases.
The Court of
Inquiry, which had conducted an investigation into this accident, had noted in
its report that the aircraft overshot the runway and its right wing impacted
the instrument landing system localiser antenna mounting structure.
Thereafter, the
aircraft hit the airport boundary fence and fell into a gorge. Due to impact
and fire, the aircraft was destroyed.
Air Marshal
(retd) B.N. Gokhale, former Vice-Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force, headed
the Court of Inquiry into the crash.
The Court of
Inquiry had suggested 13 recommendations to Air India Express.
Mr Chandrakumar
said that all the recommendations of the Court of Inquiry have been
implemented.
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