Air India yet to replace damaged memorial

Mangalore: It’s a heartbreaking scene considering the enormity of the tragedy that Mangalore witnessed last year. There is nothing to mark the May 2010 air crash in the city as the granite slabs carrying the names of the 158 victims still lie broken on the ground, although its been three months since the memorial was vandalised. No new memorial has been built and nor have those responsible for damaging the old one, been arrested.
The airline had placed the granite sheets with the names of all the people who lost their lives when its Dubai-Mangalore flight shot off the runway and plunged into a deep valley on May 22 last year, at the spot of the tragedy in response to public demand. The memorial , which was inaugurated on July 27 by civil aviation secretary M M Nambiar, was found vandalised a few months later , on October 5, with the granite slabs broken and beyond repair. Mangalore airport sources said it was upto the airline to construct the memorial and it could do nothing about it.
29/01/11 Deccan Chronicle

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