Air India plane crash: Authorities start handing remains of crash victims over to relatives

Ahmed Abad, India – The authorities began to hand over the remains of one of the worst aviation disasters in India after identifying some DNA tests, days after the flight of India flights and killed at least 270 people in Gojarat.

Boeing 787, heading to London, hit a hostel at the College of Medicine in a residential area in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad, minutes after taking off on Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived.

Hundreds of relatives of the accident of the accident presented DNA samples in the hospital. Most of the bodies have been detailed or distorted, making them unknown.

Ragnish Patel, an official at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad, said that the authorities have so far identified 32 victims by drawing DNA maps and informing their families. He said that the remains of 14 victims were delivered to relatives.

Investigators went out after visiting the Indian aircraft website on Thursday in Ahmed Abad, India, on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

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The families of the victims waited outside the hospital morgue, as the authorities worked to complete the procedures and transport the bodies in the coffins to ambulances. Most of them have expressed frustration at a slow pace for the identification process. The authorities say it usually takes 72 hours to complete the DNA matching as they use the process.

In addition to the official investigation, the Indian government established a high -level committee to study the reasons that led to the collapse. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement on Saturday that the committee will focus on formulating procedures to prevent and deal with emergency aircraft in the future.

A man holds luggage when he comes out of the Airlines website on Thursday in Ahmed Abad, India, on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

A man holds luggage when he comes out of the Airlines website on Thursday in Ahmed Abad, India, on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

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The authorities also began examining the entire Airlines fleet from Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naido Kinsenabu on Saturday in New Delhi at its first press conference since its crash on Thursday.

Kingspo said that eight out of 34 Damelins in India had already undergone a search, adding that the remaining plane will be examined with “immediate urgency”.

On Friday, the investigators registered the registrar of digital aviation data, or the black box, from the surface near the crash site.

Investigators went out after visiting the Indian aircraft website on Thursday in Ahmed Abad, India, on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Investigators went out after visiting the Indian aircraft website on Thursday in Ahmed Abad, India, on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

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The device is expected to reveal information about the engine settings and control, while the audio recorder will provide the cockpit conversations, said Paul Frummi, a mechanical engineer at the UK Mechanical Engineers Foundation.

The plane that crashed 12 years old. Boeing aircraft were suffering from safety problems on other types of aircraft. There are currently about 1,200 from the Dreamliner 787 aircraft worldwide, and this was the first killer in 16 years of operation, according to experts.

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Hussein stated from Srinjar, India.

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