Four days after the devastating crash of Air India flight AI-171 en route from Ahmedabad to London, authorities have confirmed that 144 DNA samples have been su

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state,

Air India aircraft crash, a total of 135 of those killed have been identified and 101 of bodies have been handed over to the nearest kin including those from Maharashtra, Patna and Rajasthan.

At the Manjalpur crematorium in Vadodara, the family opened the zip cover in which the body had been packed and placed inside the coffin to complete a mandatory ritual

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad, India, say their first reaction was to help treat the injured.

SDRF-ASP Sheetal Gujar highlighted the bravery of rescue personnel who used oxygen masks and wet cloths to evacuate victims from a hostel building, despite extreme heat and danger at the crash site.