New Delhi, June 21 -- Air India has begun disbursing the interim compensation of Rs.25 lakhs to Ahmedabad crash victims' families, with three families having received the payments so far, the airline said in a statement released on Saturday.

The sum of Rs.25 lakh is in addition to the Rs.1 crore or approximately GBP 85,000 support which the Tata Sons group had earlier announced.

Air India has also been reaching out to those who were injured and the families of those who lost their lives on the ground to initiate the compensation process for them, said the airline.

As many as 270 people were killed - including 241 people onboard the ill fated flight, 29 others on ground - after Air India's flight A1171 smashed into Ahmedabad's BJ Medica...