After the devastating crash of one of her passenger aircraft, Air India has announced that the fatalities of the fatalities initially pay 250,000 rupees (around 25,000 euros).
The money should help cover the immediate financial needs of the families concerned, the airline said on X. Even the only survivor among the 242 people on board receives the money. The sum should therefore be paid out in addition to the 10 million rupees (100,570 euros) that the parent company Tata Group wants to provide.
Reports: at least 270 deaths
According to matching reports from the broadcaster NDTV and other Indian media who rely on civil servants and doctors, at least 270 people died on the plane and on the ground in Ahmedabad. No official figures have been given by the government.
From the local police in Ahmedabad, it was said on Saturday that an exact number of victims could only be mentioned later, since body parts found at the crash site could not yet be assigned by DNA comparisons. Many corpses are charred until the incoming, it said. Accordingly, people are also missing. They could therefore not be counted among the dead. There were also no official figures for missing or injured.
Shortly after the start of the airport in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat, the machine fell to a residential area and rose in a fireball. Previously, she had crashed into a student dormitory of the city’s medical university. According to the airline, 241 people were killed on board, a British passenger survived. The Boeing 787-8 was traveling to London.
Investigation committee
The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced the formation of a committee, which is to submit a report on the accident investigations in three months at the latest. The committee, led by the Interior Ministry, is commissioned to determine, among other things, “the basic cause of the crash” and to give recommendations on how such accidents can be better prevented. The committee should belong to representatives of various authorities who do their work regardless of ongoing examinations.
After the plane crash: authorities hand over corpses of victims
After the devastating crash of a passenger machine in western India, the authorities handed over the first mortal remains of fatalities to their families. So far, 32 victims have been identified by DNA comparisons and 14 have been handed over by them, said Rajnish Patel from the civil hospital in Ahmedabad, according to the Indian news channel CNBC TV18. The families come from different parts of the country.
According to matching media reports, at the disaster in Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat were killed at least 270 people on the plane and on the ground. So far, the government has not named any official number of victims because the identification of corpses continues.
DNA analyzes
“Usually it takes three months to analyze the DNA of a single person and publish a report,” the newspaper “The Hindustan Times” quoted the head of the forensic medicine and toxicology department of the Narendra Medicine Medicine University. However, you would have developed a procedure in order to be able to complete the analysis within 72 hours.
From the local police in Ahmedabad, it was said on Saturday that a precise number of victims could only be mentioned later, since body parts found at the crash site could not yet be assigned by DNA comparisons. Many corpses are charred until the incoming. Accordingly, people were also missing.
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