Air India Holds All Religion Prayer Meet in Memory of Air Crash Victims

Mangalore: An all religion memorial prayer service was held at the Dr TMA Pai International Convention Centre, Mangalore on Tuesday July 27 in memory of all those whose precious lives were perished in the tragic air crash of Air India Express IX-812 on May 22 in City.
Family members and relatives of the deceased passengers, their friends, well-wishers and survivors, several Air India officials including chairman and managing director of Air India Aravind Jadhav, Madhavan Nambiar, secretary, Ministryof Civil Aviation participated in the meeting to pay their tributes to the air crash victims. Deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj and inspector general of police (western range) were also present on the occasion.
Prayers by religious heads of different religious faiths formed the most essential part of the memorial service. The multi-religious prayer service was conducted by B K Elias, representing the Muslim faith, M B Puranik for the Hindu faith, Sham Singh on behalf of Sikh faith, Nirmal Kumar representing Jain faith and Fr Denis Rasquinha as representative of the Christian faith. The prayer service also included prayer song befitting the occasion sung by the nuns of Bethany Convent.
CMD, Air India Aravind Jadhav said that Air India is committed to the welfare of the families of survivors. He assured the family members of the deceased that Air India willl be with them to ensure justice will be done to the family members at any cost.
Madhavan Nambiar also reiterated the commitment of the Civil Aviation Ministry to work closely with the family members of the victims in ensuring that proper compensation is given to the family members.
27/07/10 Daijiworld

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