The bodies of the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, who have been identified, are set to be handed over to their families by the Gujarat government on Sunday, sources said.

Seconds after the distress call, ATC responded but the plane had crashed by then, killing 241 people on board.

Loychusak, who is now 47, recently took to Facebook to share his shock after knowing that the only survivor of the recent crash in Ahmedabad was also seated in 11A. “The lone survivor of the plane crash in India was sitting in the same seat number as me, 11A. Goosebumps,” he wrote.

In a significant development related to the Ahmedabad plane crash, authorities have successfully matched the DNA of 31 victims. So far, 12 of the identified bodies have been handed over to their respective families.

So far, 32 victims have been identified and the mortal remains of 14 handed over to the relatives as the process to identify the deceased through DNA tests gained pace three days after the tragedy

Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.

Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad has sent shockwaves in the aviation industry alongside various stakeholders as experts find it hard to accept a dual-engine failure as the probable reason behind the tragedy.

Three days after a London-bound Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, authorities here have so far identified 32 victims through DNA testing and bodies of 14 have been handed over to their families, an official said on Sunday.