Overview
- Air India SATS (AISATS) is a 50-50 joint venture between Air India Ltd of the Tata Group and Singapore’s SATS Ltd that handles airport ground services in India.
- On June 20, a video showing senior AISATS officials dancing at a Gurugram office party went viral days after Flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad with 260 fatalities.
- The footage sparked widespread condemnation on social media during a period when many victims’ families had not yet received the remains of their loved ones.
- In an official statement, AISATS said the video was “completely out of context,” expressed regret, and asked four senior executives to resign, including its chief operating officer, two senior vice-presidents and the head of training.
- Investigation of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and DNA-based victim identification efforts remain ongoing.