New Delhi, May 22
Air India has decided to operate a larger aircraft on the Delhi-Mangalore sector instead of its regular Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) aeroplane in order to fly family members of the crash victims, arriving from abroad as well as from within the country, to Mangalore.

“Air India would be operating with 145-seater Airbus-320 aircraft on the Delhi-Mangalore sector on Sunday morning, which was being operated by CRJ aircraft,” an Air India official said.

This has been done to accommodate the family members of the victims who would be travelling to Mangalore and also regular travellers, he said, adding the family members of the passengers were being contacted and all support offered to them for their travel and other arrangements.

Air India had made arrangements for the relatives of those akilled and injured in the Mangalore-bound plane crash to fly to the accident site from Dubai. The airline has already made provisions for 100 seats to the relatives who want to travel from the Gulf. — PTI