Rs 2.25 cr compensation disbursed so far

Mangalore: Legal solicitors of Air India and its financial management team will be back in the city for one and a half days from June 3 to take forward the process of making payment of interim compensation and dealing with paper work of insurance claims of victims and survivors of IX-812 crash. The national carrier in the first phase of this process held since Friday handled 43 cases, disbursing Rs 2.25 crore as interim compensation.
General manager (Quality Management System), Air India Harpreet Singh took pains to explain to reporters here that the final compensation amount that kin of victims would receive is not a fixed amount and would vary in individual cases. "We (Air India) will be guided by Montreal Convention that concerns compensation for victims of air disasters," she said adding the solicitors and the financial team will take a final call on it.
A majority of those who received the interim compensation amount (Rs 10 lakh for those above 12 years, and Rs 5 lakh for those below 12) were from northern Kerala districts. She said Calicut office has not received any settlement claims. Most kin of victims are approaching the Mangalore help desk to get their claims settled, she said adding interim compensation would be adjusted with final insurance to given by insurance firms.
29/05/10 Times of India

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