Kozhikode: The investigation into the Air India Express flight crash at the Calicut International Airport on August 7 will be completed by March 12, Union civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said in a letter to MP K Muraleedharan.
The civil aviation secretary has made it clear that the payment of compensation to the passengers of the ill-fated flight and the family members of the deceased passengers is not linked to the completion of the investigation.
Muraleedharan had written to the civil aviation secretary, highlighting the issue of delay in payment of final compensation to the injured and families of the deceased.
The civil aviation secretary said that the Air India Express has completed the disbursement of interim compensation to all the injured passengers who sustained minor and grievous injuries.
“So far as payment of compensation is concerned, disbursement of compensation to the passengers and the family members of the deceased passengers is not linked to the completion of the investigation,” the letter said.
“An interim compensation of Rs 1.7 crore to the 19 deceased, Rs 1.8 crore to the 92 grievously injured and Rs 36.5 lakh to 73 passengers with minor injuries has been disbursed by Air India Express,” the letter said, adding that the process of determining the final compensation was being undertaken by the insurance companies and that the Airline is expeditiously following up the matter.
03/02/21 Times of India
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