As many as 84 people were injured in the eight accidents, including 81 persons in the Air India plane crash.In a separate written reply, Mohol said a total of 18 accidents involving Indian civil registered scheduled aircraft have been reported from 2015 till date.”Payment of compensation to the passenger or next of kin in case of death or bodily injury to the passenger, caused by air accident /incident is governed by the provisions of Carriage by Air Act, 1972.”India has ratified the Montreal Convention, 1999 by making amendments to the Carriage by Air Act, 1972 in 2009.As per the said act, the liability of payment of compensation in case of death, delay, damage or loss to persons, baggage or cargo for international carriage, is of the carriers,” Mohol said.
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