Authorities hand over corpses of victims

After the devastating crash of a passenger machine in western India, the authorities handed over the first mortal remains of fatalities to their families. So far, 32 victims have been identified by DNA comparisons and 14 have been handed over by them, said Rajnish Patel from the civil hospital in Ahmedabad, according to the Indian news channel CNBC TV18. The families come from different parts of the country.

According to matching media reports, at the disaster in Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat were killed at least 270 people on the plane and on the ground. So far, the government has not named any official number of victims because the identification of corpses continues.

The Air India machine had fallen to a residential area shortly after the start of the airport and rose in a fireball. According to the airline, 241 people were killed on board, a British passenger survived. The Boeing 787-8 was traveling to London.

DNA analyzes

« Usually it takes three months to analyze the DNA of a single person and publish a report, » the newspaper « The Hindustan Times » quoted the head of the forensic medicine and toxicology department of the Narendra Medicine University. However, you would have developed a procedure in order to be able to complete the analysis within 72 hours.

From the local police in Ahmedabad, it was said on Saturday that a precise number of victims could only be mentioned later, since body parts found at the crash site could not yet be assigned by DNA comparisons. Many corpses are charred until the incoming. Accordingly, people were also missing.