All but one of 260 Air India crash victims identified
Indian authorities have identified all but one of 260 bodies recovered following an Air India plane crash in the western city of Ahmedabad.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, lost height seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad on June 12 and erupted in a fireball as it hit a medical college hostel.
There was one survivor among those on the plane, and the crash also killed 19 people on ground.
"The site of the crash is still being cleared. Unless we are certain that no additional victims are going to be found, we cannot declare the final death toll."
The remains of the 256 people have been handed over to their families, the Gujarat state government said, adding that 253 victims were identified through DNA sample matching and the remaining six through facial identification.
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