Overview

• More than 65 bereaved families remain unpaid beyond the interim ₹25 lakh compensation disbursed in late July.
• Mike Andrews, representing the families, accused Air India of excessive bureaucracy in handling compensation.
• He contrasted current delays with the late Ratan Tata’s leadership ethos of employee care.
• Andrews demanded immediate release of full flight recorder and cockpit voice data to ensure transparency and stave off premature pilot blame.
• He signaled possible US product liability suits against Boeing and Montreal Convention claims against Air India pending final investigation findings.