Ahmedabad Plane Crash Updates: At least 92 people who died in the Air India Ahmedabad-London plane crash have been identified through DNA testing, while authorities handed over the bodies of 47 victims to their families. Nearly 600 doctors, assistants and drivers have been roped in to hand over the bodies, identified through DNA testing, outside the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.
Last Thursday, at least 274 people were killed in one of India’s deadliest plane crashes involving a London-bound Air India flight. AI 171 – belonging to Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet – crashed seconds after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Officials said the aircraft lost altitude soon after taking off at around 1.30 pm.
The pilot had issued a ‘Mayday’ distress call, denoting a full emergency, soon after takeoff, the Air Traffic Control at Ahmedabad said.