Air India Express has said it has settled all 160 cases of compensation related to the crash of one of its aircraft in the city in 2010.
The accident, of the Air India Express IX-812, which was landing in from Dubai, had killed 158 people on May 22, 2010.
The dead included 152 passengers and six crewmembers. Eight passengers survived the accident.
Mr S. Chandrakumar, Chief Operating Officer of Air India Express, told
Of the 160 cases settled, 30 are of those who preferred to approach the Kerala High Court.
These 30 cases are settled as per the direction of the division bench of Kerala High Court, he said.
Mr H.D. Nanavati from Mulla & Mulla, Mumbai, was the legal counsel for Air India for settling the compensation related cases.
The Court of Inquiry, which had conducted an investigation into this accident, had noted in its report that the aircraft overshot the runway and its right wing impacted the instrument landing system localiser antenna mounting structure.
Thereafter, the aircraft hit the airport boundary fence and fell into a gorge. Due to impact and fire, the aircraft was destroyed.
Air Marshal (retd) B.N. Gokhale, former Vice-Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force, headed the Court of Inquiry into the crash.
The Court of Inquiry had suggested 13 recommendations to Air India Express.
Mr Chandrakumar said that all the recommendations of the Court of Inquiry have been implemented.