‘Air India flight AI 171 crash exposes payout void for victims on ground’ | India News - The Times of India
MUMBAI: When Air India flight AI 171 crashed into the B J Medical College hostel in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, it killed 241 of the 242 people aboard and 19 more on the ground, among them were four medical students having lunch in their hostel mess. Though all the 260 people killed were victims of the same accident, under Indian compensation laws, they were not quite the same kind of victims, say experts.