Ahmedabad: Medical superintendent Rakesh Joshi reports that the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital has identified over 259 victims and given the corpses of 256 victims of the Air India AI 171 airplane disaster to their relatives. 240 passengers and 13 non-passengers are among the 253 Dutch findings that have been received, according to Dr. Joshi.

At 7 p.m. on June 23, the results of 253 DNA samples were received. Thirteen are non-passengers, and 240 are passengers. In all, 19 non-passengers were recognized on the first day; six of their remains were returned to their relatives using face recognition, and 13 were returned using DNA matching.

The medical superintendent told the media report on Sunday, “With this, 253 plus six, which was through facial matching, that total is 259, and out of that, 256 bodies were handed over till today.”

“These 256 include 180 from India, 19 non-passengers, 49 Britishers, 7 Portuguese, and 1 Canadian,” he said, providing a breakdown of the passengers who had been sent back to their families. Of these 256, 228 were transported by road and 28 by air.

All 52 of the British passengers aboard the aircraft have been recognized, according to the doctor, and three have been left while they are being packed and prepared for transportation, while 49 have been sent back.
Shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed for London collided with a BJ Medical College dormitory complex in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

One of the people killed in the aircraft disaster was Vijay Rupani, the former chief minister of Gujarat.

Campbell Wilson, the CEO and Managing Director of Air India, assured the public and staff two days ago that the airline is taking every precaution in the wake of the AI171 tragedy and that its fleet, especially its Boeing 787 aircraft, is safe to operate after thorough inspections.

Campbell said in a formal statement, “Has our aircraft been declared safe? Indeed. As asked by the DGCA, we have finished the extra precautionary inspections on our operational Boeing 787 fleet, and they have officially stated that they comply with the necessary requirements.”

Interestingly, on June 21, Air India reaffirmed its support for the victims’ families and disclosed that a central help desk established by the airline, operational since June 15, has been helping families process claims for interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to satisfy immediate financial needs for the families of each deceased person and the survivor.