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Air India Plane Crash: Tata Group Announces ₹1 Crore to Families of Each Passenger Killed in Ahmedabad Tragedy

  • An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday near a medical college hostel building.
  • The crash occurred less than a minute after takeoff and involved passengers including 169 individuals from India, 53 from the United Kingdom, seven from Portugal, and one from Canada.
  • Local authorities recovered 204 bodies from the crash site, five medical students residing in the college hostel lost their lives, and a passenger of British nationality occupying seat 11A was transported to the hospital alive.
  • The Tata Group, owner of Air India, announced ₹1 crore compensation for each victim's family and will cover medical expenses for the injured, while organizing two relief flights to Ahmedabad.
  • This crash marks one of the region's worst aviation disasters and occurs amid rapid growth in India's aviation sector, with the Tata Group actively modernizing its fleet and investing in airport infrastructure.
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India regulator asks Air India for training data of pilots, dispatcher of crashed plane

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