Family holding Air India responsible, relatives of dead Indian in Oman ask for compensation by keeping dead body
After the death of an Indian citizen in Oman, the relatives of the deceased protested and demanded compensation from Air India Express. The relatives demonstrated this by keeping the dead body outside the AISATS office. On May 13, an Indian admitted to the ICU of a hospital in Oman died. Air India Express had canceled more than 260 flights between May 8 and 10.
The surviving family of an Indian national who died in Oman protested and asked Air India Express to pay them. Keeping the deceased body outside the AISATS office was one way the relatives showed this. An Oman hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) resident who was Indian passed away on May 13.
Due to the unexpected mass leave taken by the Air India Express cabin crew, the airlines owned by the Tata Company were forced to cancel over 260 flights between May 8 and May 10. Perhaps the death could have been avoided, according to the deceased's father-in-law, had his daughter been permitted to travel to Oman. Taking care of their daughter and grandchildren will require compensation.
The body of the deceased was brought to Kerala, and the relatives reached the office of Air India SETS Private Limited (AISATS) with the body. The relatives demonstrated peacefully by keeping the dead body outside the office. After this, the airline officials reached there and talked to the family members in the presence of the police. Then the protest stopped, and the body was taken for cremation.
The woman named Amrita had booked a ticket for May 8 to meet her husband in Muscat, but at the airport, she was told that the flight had been canceled. He was given a ticket for another flight the next day, but it was also canceled. Her husband died on Monday.
