With a view to expedite compensation claims of the families of those killed in the Mangalore air crash, Air India has set up centres at Mumbai, Kozhikode, Delhi, Dubai, Chennai and Mangalore. Air India's first priority is to expedite compensation to the victims' families. AI's emergency response coordinator Harpreet Singh De told reporters in Mumbai the airline has decided to release an interim payment of 10 lakh rupees for the families of each adult killed in the tragedy, five lakh for children below 12 years and two lakh for the injured.<br/>Altogether 128 bodies, including those of three cabin<br/>crew, have been handed over to their families for performing last rites, while 22 are yet to be identified.<br/> She said, the DNA samples of the 22 badly charred bodies, which are yet to be identified, have been collected. Eight more bodies are lying at a hospital morgue whose claimants have not turned up, she said.<br/>
News On AIR | May 24, 2010 1:53 PM
AI sets up six centres to expedite compensation claims of Mangalore crash victims