Death toll in Air India plane crash rises to 270
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Authorities are still in the process of identifying the victims. So far, DNA matches have been established for 32 individuals, and the bodies of 14 have been handed over to families, according to Dr.
Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.
"We checked in all the nearby hospitals and morgues, but haven't found them anywhere," says Ravikumar Thakur, whose mother and daughter were in the BJ Medical College and Hospital mess when the Air India Flight 171 crashed into the building.
India aviation regulators said urgent safety checks would be carried out for dozens of Boeing 787 jets in the wake of the Air India crash that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. Air
It could take months to fully understand what went wrong in the crash, the first involving a Dreamliner. Officials from India continued the investigation Friday.
An Air India plane crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people on the ground and leaving a sole survivor on the flight. Authorities said 269 died.
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of of the Air India plane crash in the city of Ahmedabad. Only nne man, a U.K. national survived.
A London-bound Air India flight with over 242 passengers and 10 crew members on board crashed on Thursday in the Meghani region of Ahmedabad, close to the city’s airport. The aircraft had taken off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.