Ahmedabad aircraft crash: 32 victims recognized through DNA checks

“Thirty two DNA samples have matched until now, and 14 our bodies have already been handed over to the respective households. These deceased have been from Udaipur, Vadodara, Kheda, Mehsana, Arvalli, Ahmedabad and Botad districts,” mentioned Patel.

The DNA matching course of for former CM Rupani was nonetheless on, he added.

As many as 230 groups have been shaped to coordinate with the victims’ households, officers earlier mentioned.

The victims included 241 of the 242 passengers and crew members on board the London-bound flight. One passenger miraculously survived.

All however one of many 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8(AI171) and one other 29 individuals, together with 5 MBBS college students, on the bottom have been killed within the aircraft crash on Thursday.

The plane got here down moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport earlier than falling contained in the close by campus of the Medical Faculty in Meghaninagar space and going up in flames.