Tuesday, 6 June 2023

Odisha Train Crash: Mamata Banerjee Meets Injured Passengers In Cuttack

 Mamata Banerjee said that she wants the truth behind the crash to come out.

Cuttack:

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited injured passengers of the ill-fated Coromandel Express who are currently admitted in different hospitals in Cuttack.

She visited the eye and surgery department of SCB Medical College and Hospital and interacted with the patients and assured them of all possible help.

"We are trying to help the injured passengers in all possible ways and had already dispatched teams of doctors, nurses and officers to take care of the injured passengers on the night of the accident on June 2," she told reporters here.

Ms Banerjee said there are 57 injured passengers from West Bengal in SCB Medical College.

"Some have lost their limbs, some of them have lost their eyes. It's such a tragedy that cannot be described through words," she told reporters.

The Bengal Chief Minister said 103 bodies of passengers from West Bengal who died have so far been identified while 30 were still missing.

"I have already announced an ex gratia of ₹ 5 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and ₹ 1 lakh for the critically injured. Around 900 people who were travelling in the train and are going through mental and physical stress will be given ₹ 10,000," she said.

Ms Banerjee said that she wants the truth behind the crash to come out. "I want to be with the people. Many lives have been lost and it is very important that the truth comes out," she added.

Ms Banerjee was accompanied by Women and Child Development minister Shashi Panja and Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharjee.

Both the ministers visited injured passengers admitted in AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose visited Basanti in South 24-Parganas to meet families of the passengers who died in the triple train accident on June 2.

"It is an extremely sad situation. It is a case of human misery. This is the time when one should stand for all and all for one," he told reporters.

He said both the State and Central governments have announced compensations for the victims of the tragedy.

The Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train, derailing most of its coaches at 7 pm on June 2. In all some 287 people died in the accident and more than 1200 were injured.

A few coaches of Coromandel toppled over the last few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by at the same time.

Investigators are looking into possible human error, signal failure and other possible causes behind the three-train crash.

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"Sending Relief, Air India Taking Care Of Passengers": Centre On Plane In Russia

 

Magadan is over 10,000 km from Russia's capital Moscow.

New Delhi:

A relief aircraft will depart from Mumbai at 1 pm for Russia's Magadan to take stranded Air India passengers to San Francisco, the Civil Aviation Ministry announced today. An Air India flight which was headed to San Francisco from New Delhi, was diverted to Magadan on Tuesday after it developed an engine issue.

A replacement aircraft bound for Russia's Magadan on Wednesday to fly out stranded passengers was delayed as Air India officials are working through regulatory issues in order to operate the flight.

NDTV has learned that several stranded Air India passengers in remote Magadan, which is over 10,000 km from Russia's capital Moscow, are being housed in dormitories because hotels in the area are unable to accommodate everyone on the flight.

The Civil Aviation Ministry said today that it is closely watching the developments in the remote Russian city.

"Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is closely monitoring the situation. We are in touch with the airline," a statement from the ministry said.

"Air India is sending a relief aircraft B777-200LR VT-ALF as ferry with men and material on board for recovery of VT-ALH. The aircraft VT-ALF will take passengers from Magadan to San Francisco International Airport. The tentative departure of VT-ALF from Mumbai is today at 1 pm IST.

"Air India has informed us that they're taking care of passengers - local government is helping with accommodation. Passengers have been moved to a school close to the airport. The Indian embassy has also been contacted to provide food & essentials."

    Yesterday, @AirIndia flight 173 from Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Magadan, in rural Russia w/ over 220, mostly elderly, passengers.

    Sat in plane for 6 hrs & after 18 hrs now, no word from Air India, @MEAIndia.

    Here is a just taken video from a jittery passenger : pic.twitter.com/n6qymnvXrc
    — Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) June 7, 2023

Air India's flights into the US West Coast while flying east across the Pacific Ocean give the carrier a massive advantage over other airlines that cannot presently operate over Russian airspace. This, however, comes with its own set of challenges, which Air India is aware of.

Emergency or precautionary landings in remote Russian airports with upwards of 200 passengers onboard its Boeing 777-200LR aircraft is a scenario that Air India management knows to be potentially problematic - available infrastructure on the ground being a big concern.

The United States meanwhile said that it is "closely monitoring" the situation.

"We are aware of a US-bound flight that had to make an emergency landing in Russia and are continuing to monitor that situation closely. I'm not able to confirm how many US citizens were aboard the flight at this time," US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said.

"It was a flight that was bound for the United States. So, it is, of course, likely that there are American citizens on board. There's public reporting from Air India that they are sending - what my understanding is - a replacement aircraft to the destination to have the passengers carry on for their route, but I would defer to the air carrier to speak to anything further on this," Mr Patel added.

The Air India plane was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members.

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Odisha Train Crash: Mamata Banerjee Meets Injured Passengers In Cuttack

 Mamata Banerjee said that she wants the truth behind the crash to come out. Cuttack: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ...