HIR PRAJAPATI ON JUSTICE OF PLANE CRASH

By Anshika Khera

Hir Prajapati, whose mother died in the AL-171 plane crash , has moved to US Federal court against Boeing, expecting speedy justice. He said that he has hired lawyer Mike Andrews to represent them. He said , as quoted, “We have hired Mike Andrews. We expect the raw details of information from the black-box to come before us at the earliest so that we can make further decisions regarding the next course of steps, along with our lawyer. In India, trials get dragged out for years. We are fighting the case in the US so that a decision is pronounced early.”

Mr. Prajapati expressed gratitude to the Indian government, doctors and police for helping the family. “We believe we will get justice…When the incident happened, the government helped us a lot. The police also helped us. We are thankful to the doctors too, who handed over the bodies to us after a swift DNA test,” he said.

“My mother, Kalpana Ben Prajapati, died in the accident…I had initially booked a June 9 flight for her, but she had a fast and she told me that she cannot travel that day. So, I then rescheduled it to June 11. But she told me that she doesn’t want to travel on an odd date. So, I finally booked a ticket for June 12,” Hir Prajapati added. 

 Following a Candle march by the families of the victims of the crash , Mike Andrews , a lawyer representing over 65 victim families said that the families want answers .