COMPENSATION NOT PAID, SAY KIN OF MAN WHO DIED AFTER SPICEJET TURBULENCE

Two months after a 48-year-old man died due to injuries sustained during severe turbulence on-board a Spicejet flight on May 1, his family alleged the airline has refused to provide them with compensation.

The low-budget carrier, however, said “compensation is being paid as per norms”.

Akbar Ansari, who was among 17 people injured in the incident, died of “sepsis in shock” caused by “polytrauma with spinal injury” on September 26, HT first reported on October 29.

The deceased’s kin have said the airline looked after Ansari’s medical expenses but they haven’t heard from Spicejet about the compensation since his death.