Shall be clear in communication on airplane crash: Tata Group chairman

Tata Group won’t retreat from its duties, from doing what is correct regardless that it’s a “troublesome” time, group chairman N. Chandrasekaran mentioned on Friday whereas emphasising that the group, which owns Air India, will probably be clear in its communication on the airplane crash.

In an inner communication to the workers, he additionally mentioned when Tata Sons took over Air India, guaranteeing the protection of its passengers was its at the start precedence and “there was no compromising on it”.

The communication got here a day after Air India’s London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed quickly after takeoff from the Ahmedabad airport, killing 241 of the 242 folks onboard in one of many nation’s worst air disasters.

“It is a very troublesome second. What occurred yesterday was inexplicable, and we’re in shock and mourning. To lose a single particular person we all know is a tragedy, however for thus many deaths to happen directly is meaningless.

“This is without doubt one of the darkest days in Tata Group’s historical past. Phrases aren’t any comfort proper now, however my ideas are with the households and family members of the individuals who died and have been injured within the crash. We’re right here for them,” Chandrasekaran mentioned. “I wish to say that, such as you, we wish to perceive what occurred. We do not know proper now, however we’ll.”