Air India Crash, June 16 -- A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, operating as AI 171 and bound for London's Gatwick Airport, tragically crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, striking a medical college and erupting into a fireball of death and devastation. The flight was carrying 242 people, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian national. Of those on board, 241 perished; only one British national of Indian origin survived.

While Tata Sons, the parent company of Air India, announced Rs.1 crore as compensation for families of the deceased and the lone survivor of the deadly crash, the final compensation will depend on the Montreal Convention treaty.

The Montreal Convention, formally called the ...