section_path: Aftermath
section_name: Aftermath
paragraph_text: Aftermath
  
  On the day of the crash, Tata Group, the parent company of Air India, announced ₹ 10 million (US$120,000) compensation per person to the families of the passengers who died, along with covering the medical expenses of the injured. Under the Montreal Convention, Air India is liable to pay around ₹ 15 million (US$180,000) to the kin of each deceased passenger. The Tata group later extended its ₹ 10 million (US$120,000) compensation to the 33 on-ground victims of the crash as well, following a request by the Indian Medical Association to compensate the medical students killed or injured, and also announced plans to assist in the rebuilding of the destroyed B. J. Medical College building.
  
  Air India retired flight number AI171, and its reciprocal AI172, and began to refer to the London Gatwick – Ahmedabad route as AI159 and AI160 respectively. Air India subsidiary Air India Express also retired the flight number IX171 for similar reasons.