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HC asks AI to pay Rs 75 lakh compensation to kin of victims
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HC asks AI to pay Rs 75 lakh compensation to kin of victims
Kochi/New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) In the highest
compensation awarded in an air accident in the country, the
Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed Air India to pay Rs 75
lakh to each to the family of 158 passengers who died in last
year's Mangalore air crash.
The court held that the carrier was liable to pay no
fault liability of one lakh SDR (Special Drawing Rights equal
to Rs 75 lakh) to the petitioner. The SDR is a special
currency issued by IMF. This is apart from whatever other
compensation the kin of the victims are entitled to.
Justice P R Ramachandran Menon passed the order while
allowing a petition filed by Abdul Salam and Ramla, parents of
24-year-old B Mohammed Rafi, who was killed in the crash.
In Delhi, Air India officials said the insurance
companies would have to study the financial implications and
not the airline.
"There is no financial implication for Air India
because, if at all, this has to be paid by the insurance
firms. We have already disbursed a total of Rs 57 crore as
compensation to the next of kin of 74 people and there has
been no dispute over it", the officials said.
158 passengers and crew on board the Air India aircraft
from Dubai had perished in the worst air disaster in the last
decade, when the plane caught fire after one of its wings hit
a hillock at Kenjar in Mangalore.
There were 166 persons on board the flight IX-892,
piloted by a Serbian national. Operating the Boeing 737-800,
the pilot had first tried to land and later attempted to gain
altitude.
The Mangalore crash was the first major plane accident
in the country on an international route since the
ratification of the Montreal Convention by India. The 1999
Convention, which lays down the guidelines and compensation
standards for passengers in an international plane accident,
became effective for India from June 30, 2009. PTI CORR
ANJ
HC asks AI to pay Rs 75 lakh compensation to kin of victims
Kochi/New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) In the highest
compensation awarded in an air accident in the country, the
Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed Air India to pay Rs 75
lakh to each to the family of 158 passengers who died in last
year's Mangalore air crash.
The court held that the carrier was liable to pay no
fault liability of one lakh SDR (Special Drawing Rights equal
to Rs 75 lakh) to the petitioner. The SDR is a special
currency issued by IMF. This is apart from whatever other
compensation the kin of the victims are entitled to.
Justice P R Ramachandran Menon passed the order while
allowing a petition filed by Abdul Salam and Ramla, parents of
24-year-old B Mohammed Rafi, who was killed in the crash.
In Delhi, Air India officials said the insurance
companies would have to study the financial implications and
not the airline.
"There is no financial implication for Air India
because, if at all, this has to be paid by the insurance
firms. We have already disbursed a total of Rs 57 crore as
compensation to the next of kin of 74 people and there has
been no dispute over it", the officials said.
158 passengers and crew on board the Air India aircraft
from Dubai had perished in the worst air disaster in the last
decade, when the plane caught fire after one of its wings hit
a hillock at Kenjar in Mangalore.
There were 166 persons on board the flight IX-892,
piloted by a Serbian national. Operating the Boeing 737-800,
the pilot had first tried to land and later attempted to gain
altitude.
The Mangalore crash was the first major plane accident
in the country on an international route since the
ratification of the Montreal Convention by India. The 1999
Convention, which lays down the guidelines and compensation
standards for passengers in an international plane accident,
became effective for India from June 30, 2009. PTI CORR
ANJ
