A father of two who had traveled from the U.K. to India to spread his wife's ashes died in the Air India crash on June 12, leaving the couple's two daughters, ages 4 and 8, orphaned. Arjun Patoliya, 37,

London-bound Air India plane, AI-171, carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed over BJ Medical College in Gujarat's Ahmedabad minutes after taking off from the airport. , India News News - Times Now

Air India posted on X, "Air India will provide an interim payment of Rs 25 lakh or approximately 21,000 GBP, each to the families of the deceased and to the survivor, to help address immediate financial needs. This is in addition to the Rs 1 crore or approximately 85,000 GBP support already announced by Tata Sons."

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

Air India has announced an interim compensation of ₹25 lakh (around 21,000 GBP) for the families of those who died in the Boeing 787-8 crash on June 12, which follows an earlier support of ₹1 crore (approximately 85,

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demands accountability and compensation for Air India crash victims, criticizing government's response.

While family and relatives of the victims who lost their lives in the Ahmedabad plane crash are constantly travelling to Ahmedabad, airlines are seeing it as an opportunity to earn profits as airfares for flights to and from Ahmedabad have increased to more than a whopping 500%.

DNA samples of a total of eleven deceased were successfully matched, Additional Superintendent Rajnish Patel said