Air India today said it has paid over 14 crore rupees as interim compensation to the next of kin of those killed as well as those injured in the May 22 air crash in Mangalore. 158 persons, including all the six crew members, aboard the Air India Express flight IX-812, were killed when the Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Dubai overshot the runway and plunged into a ravine. <br/><br/>Eight passengers had survived the crash. Of them, three injured are still in hospitals and the rest discharged. The airline said all bodies recovered from the accident site had been returned to the relatives and a mass burial was carried out for the 12 bodies which could not be identified. <br/><br/>This compensation was paid at the rate of 2 lakh rupees to each survivor, 5 lakh rupees for every deceased child and 10 lakh rupees each for every deceased adult. Meanwhile, the US firm, Kenyon International, has commenced work at the Mangalore crash site and was carrying out disinfection, cleansing and identifying the personal effects of the deceased.