Five days after an Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed 270 lives, 162 victims have so far been identified through DNA matching and 120 bodies handed over to their families, a Gujarat minister said on Tuesday.

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,

The last rites for Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and crew member Maithili Patil, victims of the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, were conducted this week. Emotional tributes poured in as family, friends, and locals gathered to pay their respects.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Legal entitlements, under the Montreal Convention, Indian aviation law, and consumer protection statutes, entitle each victim’s family to at least ₹1.5–1.85 crore, with the potential for more if negli

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.