Air India Victim Identification

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Families grieve as officials finally start handing over remains of Air India crash victims

As anguished families wait for the return of their loved ones’ remains, tensions are mounting over the slow pace of DNA identification following the deadly Air India crash. More than three days on, only a fraction of the victims have been identified,

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Air India crash: Families wait as dental identification of victims starts

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Air India Crash: AIIMS forensic expert explains how victims’ bodies are identified after a blaze this severe

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Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

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Vigil for victims of deadly Air India plane crash bring Londoners together in their sadness

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Families hold funerals for Air India crash victims

Ahmedabad Air India plane crash: How DNA identification works

DNA identification is the gold standard for identifying human remains, especially after mass fatality events in which bodies might not be easy to identify otherwise.

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Air India plane crash: DNA testing chaos mounts after 2 heads found in one body bag; Airline issues statement

In one case, forensic teams, reportedly have to repeat the 72-hour-long DNA testing procedure after two heads of different victims were found in one body bag

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Families grieve as officials start handing remains of victims killed in Air India crash

More than 72 hours after India’s deadliest aviation tragedy in recent memory, Rohit Patel – a father mourning the loss of his two children – stood trembling before a room of Indian health and investigative officials in Ahmedabad and demanded answers.