Owners of Air India Mention Amount They Will Pay to Families Who Lost Loved Ones in Plane Crash

• Air India’s owners, Tata Sons, have announced the amount they would pay to the families of the deceased passengers in the tragic June 12 crash
• The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to London, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, India, on June 12, 2025
• Despite fears for all 242 passengers, a British man miraculously survived the crash, making him the sole survivor

The owners of Air India have opened up on the amount they will pay as compensation to families who lost their loved ones in the viral plane crash.

The aircraft crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, a western city in India, on June 12, 2025.

The plane was headed for London’s Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom with 242 people on board.

As reported by the Daily Mail, the owners of Air India, Tata Sons, shared how much each family would receive as compensation.

The owners would offer around £86,000 - or 10 million rupees - to the families of those who were killed in the crash.

Authorities had feared that all 242 passengers onboard were dead, but miraculously, a British man survived the tragic crash.

Man survives Air India crash

Authorities confirmed that Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, seated in 11A, was the only survivor of the catastrophic disaster.

The 40-year-old British national, who has lived in the UK for 20 years, was returning after visiting his family in India.

His younger brother, Nayan Kumar Ramesh, 27, expressed disbelief at the news.

“We were just shocked as soon as we heard it… He said: ‘I have no idea how I exited the plane.’”

Other victims of Air India plane crash

An Indian man, Arjun Patoliya, who went to India for his wife’s burial rites, died in a tragic Air India flight that killed 241 passengers on board.

The father of two, based in the United Kingdom, lost his wife, Bharatiben, a few days before his tragic death.

His wife’s dying wish was for him to return to India and scatter her ashes in a local river at a village in Gujarat.

Keeping to his wife’s promise, he visited the village to hold his wife’s burial rites with some relatives in his village after spreading her ashes in a local river.

On his way back to the UK to meet his children, aged four and eight, he was involved in the fatal crash, leaving his daughters as orphans.

Update from Air India

Days after the fatal crash, the airline spoke about how it was supporting members of the victims in their time of mourning.

It said that it reached out to over 400 family members, even as it was closely working with the authorities.

A part of its press release read:

"We have established contact with the next of kin/relatives of all passengers and crew members, expressing our condolences and helping them with the next steps. Over 400 family members have reached Ahmedabad and are being assisted by our teams on the ground.

"Every affected family in Ahmedabad has been assigned at least one caregiver by Air India. Air India is working closely with other Tata group companies to provide every possible assistance to the families and loved ones of those deceased, which remains our number one priority."

The company opened call lines for assistance:

"Friends and Relatives Assistance Centres remain operational at Ahmedabad and Mumbai airports to support families seeking information. For assistance, please contact our dedicated passenger hotline at 1800 5691 444 (within India) or +91 80627 79200 (for international callers)."

Families submit DNA samples to identify victims

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that some families broke down in uncontrollable tears as they were asked to submit DNA samples to help identify their loved ones who died in the tragic Air India crash.

One of the family members who dropped a DNA sample shared when the results would be ready for them to identify their brother.

According to the hospital, over 190 relatives have submitted their DNA samples, which were being verified so that they could be used to identify bodies at the crash site.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding a statement from Air India.

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng