DNA exams affirm identities of 19 Air India airplane crash victims

Jun 14, 2025 11:53 PM IST

The DNA exams have been being carried out because the our bodies of victims from the Air India airplane crash have been charred past recognition or broken upon affect.

Gujarat house minister Harsh Sanghvi on Saturday confirmed that 19 victims of the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 had been recognized by means of DNA testing.

Coffins have been delivered to the mortuary the place the victims of the Air India airplane crash are being recognized by means of DNA testing(PTI)

The DNA exams have been being carried out because the our bodies of victims from the airplane crash have been charred past recognition or broken upon affect.

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In a submit on X Sanghvi mentioned, “Update as of 9:00 PM- 19 DNA samples have been matched so far, confirming the identities of victims. State Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) unit team and National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) team are working through the night to match more DNA samples.”

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During a press convention earlier within the day, Dr Rajnish Patel, professor of surgical procedure on the government-run B J Medical College, said that the mortal stays of one of many victims was handed over to their kin on Saturday. 

He added, as per PTI, that the our bodies of two extra victims would even be handed over by the tip of the day. The our bodies of eight victims, who have been recognized by their kinfolk and didn’t want DNA profiling, have already been handed over to their households by the hospital.

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The B J Medical College’s mess was closely impacted by the Air India flight which crashed into the densely populated Meghaninagar space of Ahmedabad.

 Patel assured the households of the victims that the civil hospital would contact the kin as quickly as a DNA match was discovered, and urged them to not rush to the hospital.

The victims included 241 of the 242 passengers and crew members on board the London-bound flight. One passenger miraculously survived. Doctors on Saturday mentioned round 270 our bodies have been delivered to the hospital from the air crash web site to this point.

As many as 230 groups have been shaped to coordinate with the households and the kin of 11 international nationals who died within the tragedy have been additionally contacted.

The sole survivor, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, is steady, recovering nicely and completely out of hazard, Dr Patel informed PTI.

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