US EditionOver 250 Air India Crash Victims Identified
- A total of 247 victims from the June 12 Air India plane crash have been identified through DNA tests, with 232 bodies handed over to families, as confirmed by officials at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.
- The crash, which occurred shortly after takeoff, resulted in an estimated 270 fatalities, including 238 individuals on board the aircraft and casualties on the ground.
- Families of eight victims were asked for additional DNA samples after initial matches failed.
- Among the victims identified, there are 175 Indians, 52 British nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, according to The Hindu.
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Over 250 Air India crash victims identified
More than 250 people killed in an India plane crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said Sunday as specialists near a final toll for one of the worst air disasters in decades. All but one of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were killed when the Air India plane smashed into a residential area of Ahmedabad, where at least 38 more died. Such was the level of destruction that more than two dozen belie…
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Ahmedabad plane crash: 247 victims identified through DNA tests; 232 bodies given to kin as of June 21
Authorities are carrying out DNA tests to establish the identity of the victims, as many bodies were charred beyond recognition as the aircraft burst into flames or damaged on impact
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