TATA Group will provide R1 crore to the family of each person who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday. “We are deeply anguished by the tragic event involving Air India Flight 171. No words can adequately express the grief we feel at this moment,” said N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Group and Air India. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost their loved ones and with those who have been injured.”

Tata statement

In view of the tragedy involving flight AI171, Chandrasekaran issued a statement expressing the company’s grief and the amount of compensation that will be provided to the families of deceased passengers.