AI to release Rs 10-lakh interim payment for victim families

Mumbai: Air India on Monday said that it has decided to release an immediate interim payment of Rs 10-lakh to the family members of each victim of the Mangalore air-crash.
Besides, the family members of victims below 12-years of age would be provided Rs five-lakh as interim compensation, the airline said.
"To provide immediate relief to the family members of the deceased and injured passengers, Air India Charters has decided to release an interim payment of Rs 10-lakh. For passengers below the age of 12, it has been decided to provide a relief of Rs five-lakh," Air India spokesperson Harpreet Singh De told.
Air India will pay an interim compensation of Rs two-lakh to the family of each injured passenger, she said.
Six centres - Mumbai, Chennai, Kozhikode, Delhi, Dubai and Mangalore - has been set up for facilitating claims for interim compensation.
24/05/10 PTI/Economic Times

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