Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh meets late Captain Deepak Sathe's family
Aug 08, 2020
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 8 : Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met late Captain Deepak V Sathe's family members at their residence in Nagpur on Saturday.
Captain Sathe was flying the Air India Express flight which crash-landed at Kozhikode airport, Kerala yesterday.
Earlier today, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had praised the late Captain, a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF), for "preventive action" and added that he was one of the most experienced and distinguished commanders.
"In fact, he had landed on this airfield as many as 27 times, including this year," Puri had said.
The black boxes from the Air India Express Flight IX-1344 that crash-landed in Kozhikode have been recovered and the precise cause of the mishap will be determined after analysing them, according to Puri.
"We visited the site of crash and two black boxes have been recovered. The precise cause of the mishap will be determined when we analyse data in those black boxes," he said.
He tweeted later to say "Digital Flight Data Recorder & Cockpit Voice Recorder of the ill-fated aircraft have been retrieved. AAIB is conducting investigations."
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is conducting a probe into the Friday evening crash landing of the Air India flight, in which 18 people were killed. He also said that out of 149 people admitted to hospitals, three of them are critical and are on ventilators.
"There were 190 people on board the aircraft, out of them, 18 lost their lives. 149 people were also admitted to hospitals, of out which 23 have been discharged. A few patients are in critical condition, three of them are also on ventilators," he added.
The Civil Aviation Minister announced Rs 10 lakh interim relief for the families of each of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh for the seriously injured.
"As interim relief, we will be making a payment of Rs 10 lakh to (the kin of) each deceased, Rs 2 lakh for the seriously injured and Rs 50,000 for those who suffered minor injuries," said Puri.
