Tuesday, ruling about the May 2010 Boeing crash in Mangalore,India, the Indian Supreme Court apex court bench issued a notice to Air India and the government on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh for each of the 158 passengers.

Senior counsel Harish Salve told the court that under the Montreal convention the national carrier was obliged to pay a minimum compensation of 100,000 SDRs (special drawing rights) to families of the passengers who died in the crash.

The court final hearing of the case is scheduled in April.

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IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Ahmedabad

IndiGo flight 6E-361 made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, India, on September 19th.

The Airbus A320-200 plane took off from Mumbai, India, but burst a tire during departure.

The crew continued to Ahmedabad and landed safely with emergency services on standby.

Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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Seventeen Dead In Arunachal Pradesh When Helicopter Smashes Wall, Falls into Gorge

What: Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd Mil Mi-172 en route from Gauhati to Tawang India
Where: Tawang India
When: April 19, 2011, 13:57
Who: 23 aboard, 17 fatalities
Why: The Pawan Hans helicopter Captain Varun Gupta and Captain A. K. Tiwari was flying was approaching the helipad to land in Arunachal Pradesh when it struck a wall, broke into pieces, burst into flame and fell down into a gorge by the helipad.

Six survived, three of whom are critical. All—two crew members and four passengers who survived —are badly burned.

The deceased were identified as Mrs Anita, A Baruah, Dr Tendon, Dr Asif, Mrs R Asif, Mrs Jahara, Ms Asif, Master Asif, Mr A Sharma, A K Saraugi, Ms N Botha, Col Sharma, Mr W Bhatia, Mr T Mustafa, second pilot captain Tiwari, flight attendant A Dixit and assistant maintenance engineer S B Kulkarni.

Survivors include Captain Varun Gupta, Randiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Dorjee Wangdi, Rishi Bothra, Rajendra Pal and Mrs Karishma Saraugi.

The injured were taken to Tawang hospital and on the 20th will be air-lifted to Guwahati.

This was a regular flight to Tawang from the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, and the helicopter has a valid certificate of airworthiness.

The DGCA speculates the chopper crashed was “likely” due to wind shear and down draft.

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Jet Airways Emergency Landing

What: Jet Airways en route from Milan to Delhi
Where: Rajasansi Airport, Amritsar
When: August 29, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Jasmeet Kaur, the three year old child whose family had moved to Italy from Kurukshetra in Haryana for her health, fell ill on a Jet Airways flight, leading the pilot to make an emergency landing, but she was pronounced dead on arrival to the Verka Bypass Hospital.

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Helicopter Crash Lawsuit Filed

A wrongful death suit has been filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court seeking $8 million on behalf of Shawn Blazer, one of nine men killed in a helicopter crash on Aug. 5. The helicopter crashed right after take-off as it was transporting crews battling Northern California wildfires at Trinity Alps Wilderness. Two other suits, each seeking $10 million were filed on behalf of Matthew Hammer and Bryan Rich. Negligence and design flaws are among the allegations.

Additional negligence and liability suits are anticipated.

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Yeti Airlines Flight Returns to India After Bird Strike

Yeti Airlines flight YT-175 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bharatpur, India, on May 27th.

The plane took off for Kathmandu, Nepal, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.

The plane landed safely. All twenty-two people aboard remained unharmed.

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Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Patna

Air India flight AI-410 had to return and make an emergency landing in Patna, India, on June 28th.

The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Delhi, India, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and twenty-two passengers aboard remained unharmed.

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