Air India flight crash, 119 victims identified till Monday
DNA profiling of victims will be completed by Wednesday morning
IH News Desk
NATIONAL, June 16, 2025: Four days after the tragic crash of an Air India plane in Ahmedabad, 119 victims have been identified through DNA matching and 76 bodies including former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, have been handed over to their families Monday. Authorities are carrying out DNA tests to establish the identity of the victims as many bodies were charred beyond recognition or damaged.
Medical Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Dr Rakesh Joshi expressed hope that the DNA profiling of all the victims will be completed by either Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. He urged the grief-stricken kin of the victims not to panic over the time-consuming process of matching DNA samples with mortal remains.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital authorities had said that samples of 250 victims, including those on board the ill-fated flight and those killed on the ground, had been collected for identification. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 passengers crashed into a medical college complex in Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.
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