The identities of who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 have been confirmed through DNA testing, PTI quoted an official as saying on Monday.
The bodies of 57 persons have been handed over to their families after the identification, said Dr Rajnish Patel, professor of surgery at BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.
On Sunday, the civil hospital confirmed that the body of Gujarat’s former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had also been identified through the DNA test. The body was handed over to his family on Monday.
Rupani was among the 242 persons aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft – enroute to London’s Gatwick airport from Ahmedabad – that crashed just after taking off.
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The into the hostel building of the BJ Medical College also killed at least on the ground. This is being viewed as the in a decade.
Though the number of persons killed on the ground has yet to be ascertained, the civil hospital said on Sunday that 250 samples, including those of persons killed on the ground, have been collected for identification, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, a constituted to probe the accident will likely hold its first meeting on Monday, The Indian Express reported.
The committee is expected...
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